> > >>"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 ... >> > >Yes, just negligible, but... > >>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 I do not understand is why you throw away all the kernel >autoload of modules, that was invented to not have to do what you are >doing. > >>>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. >> > >What looks like an 'easy trick' is to preload everything. If you have the >autoloader, you can use it. See scsi_hostadapter. You could define >a generic module in shipped /etc/modules.conf, something like > >alias radio-tv-card off >alias char-major-81 radio-tv-card > >and then, at install time, detect the card and > >s/radio-tv-card off/radio-tv-card the_chosen_one > >>you see the point ? >> > >Really, I don't. But 8.2 is just there. > just a question if we had started X with " load v4l " in the modules section can the X server later start the v4l driver if the bttv driver is loaded later i think no
at least with my config it doesn't work
