"J.A. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ie, if we detect a tv card at install time, we alter /etc/modules > > so that bttv is automagically loaded when you boot. > > You shouldn't do that. That implies I am wasting memory all the > time,
sure, 30kb ... better spent your time in fixing memory leaks in userland apps or optimize their memory usage patterns. > just to see tv or hear radio a short amount of time. having support for tv/radio is better than no support at all :-) > What you shoul really do is to modify /etc/modules.conf like > > # TV > alias char-major-81 bttv we may do this later. as for now, we fully support quite a number of tv cards. i won't change something that seems "just an easy trick" just before release. for now, we only fix bugs. not enhance something that just works smoothly. you see the point ?
