Justin Schoeman wrote: > 1) Ignore user parameters, and register them first come, first serve, as > is done in v4l (I think this could cause problems for people actually > doing video editing though - the devices could change names depending on > which app started first!) Aaaaaaahhhhhh!! > 2) Add an extra module option to each driver, eg device_name=video0 > (this would break driver compatibility, and can you use strings in > module options??) You can, and I vote for this one. The incompatibility is not visible to apps, so as long as the sysadmin knows what change to make to /etc/conf.modules it shouldn't be problem. Eh? > 3) Register the devices acording to their minor number, and type eg > vbi64 would (typically) be the first vbi device. But V4L2 doesn't have a prescribed relationship between minors and device types. Are people using e.g. /dev/vbi64 instead of /dev/vbi0, etc.? Bill.
