Re: [V4L] bttv2 with devfsd

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Marcel Janssen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been spending some time reading the devfs page but still I can't find a
> way how to get devfsd to create the devices at boot time needed for bttv2.
> 
> It works with bttv using the configuration that comes with devfsd.
> 
> Is there a way to tell devfsd to do the same with bttv2 ?
> I tried changing "alias /dev/v4l/ bttv" to "alias /dev/v4l bttv2" in my
> modules.conf but that didn't work. The bttv2 driver loads, but the devices
> don't get created.
> 
> I tried buidling devfsd again on my redhat7 system after I upgraded to kernel
> 2.4-test11, but get the following error :
> 
> #export CC="/usr/bin/kgcc"; export cc="/usr/bin/kgcc"; make
> /usr/bin/kgcc -O2 -I. -Wall    -c -o devfsd.o devfsd.c
> /usr/bin/kgcc -O2 -I. -Wall    -c -o expression.o expression.c
> /usr/bin/kgcc -O2 -I. -Wall    -c -o compat_name.o compat_name.c
> cc -O2 -o devfsd devfsd.o expression.o compat_name.o -O2 -I. -Wall
> -export-dynamic -ldl -lnsl
> cc: too many input files
> make: *** [devfsd] Error 1

For now bttv2 does not support devfs.  You will have to continue using
the "old" method of mknod'ing the devices.  This is one of the things on
my todo list if I ever get some free time...

-justin





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