[mythtv-users] Who's running Myth on Arch, and what do you think?

[James Linder]

On 24/11/2013, at 1:01 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>>> Wants=dev-dvb-adapter200-frontend0.device
>>> After=dev-dvb-adapter200-frontend0.device
>>> 
>>> Where on earth do the names come from?
>> 
>> Well apart from the 200, it seems reasonably self explanatory - it is
>> looking for a device which created a device node
>> 
>> /dev/dvb/adapter/frontend0
>> 
>> Although why a simpler syntax like
>> 
>> wantsdev(or wantsfile)=/dev/svb/adapter/frontend0
>> 
>> couldn't be adopted I have no idea.
>> 
>> I thought the 200 might be a device node number, but it doesn't seem to be.
> 
> Perhaps if one reads and follows the entire systemd wiki article,
> with the strong suggestion to use persistent device names, and
> followed that udev wiki article link which has (as examples) specifying
> the 200 and 300 names to avoid conflict, it becomes obvious.
> The Wants (and After), along with the udev TAG+="systemd"
> are all parts of the systemd solution.  There are things to like,
> and dislike, about systemd, but that it is the future in many distros
> is not really in dispute.  Like many parts of the entire ecosystem,
> udev and systemd are not necessarily for the faint of heart,
> and some knowledge of how to replace moving parts on your
> distro of choice is needed.
> 
> If one finds the wiki documentation lacking, my suggestion
> is for one to improve it.  That is the advantage of a wiki.

Actually that is very helpful, *when* I get it all working I'll update our wiki to say 1 line of sense here.
Thanks Gary
James