Janne Grunau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dynamic loading of modules by udev on startup (aka coldplugging) doesn't
> result in deterministic dvb adapter numbers.
>
> V4L drivers have the {radio|vbi|video}_nr module options to allocate
> static minor numbers per driver.
> Attached patch adds a similiar mechanism to the dvb subsystem. To avoid
> problems with device unplugging and repluging each driver holds
> a DVB_MAX_ADAPTER long array of the preffered order of adapter numbers.
> options dvb-usb-dib0700 adapter_nr=7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 would result in a
> reversed allocation of adapter numbers.
> With adapter_nr=2,5 it tries first to get adapter number 2 and 5. If both
> are already in use it will allocate the lowest free adapter number.
>
> Besides following changes in dvb-core and dvb-usb core the patch adds to
> all drivers
>
> +static int adapter_nr[] = {[0 ... (DVB_MAX_ADAPTERS - 1)] = DVB_UNSET };
> +module_param_array(adapter_nr, int, NULL, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(adapter_nr,"DVB adapter numbers");
>
> and modifies the dvb_register_adapter call. Full patch is attached as
> compressed file.
>
> With the exception of dvb-usb I have just added the paramter to the module
> with the dvb_register_adapter() call. budget-core and videobuf-dvb are
> affected for example. I'll push the option to the driver which uses these
> modules after we reached consent on the approach.
>
> Janne
I like this a lot -- In fact, I think I love it. I don't have anything negative
to say about this at all. I've always wanted a module option for this. True,
it can be done with udev, but that's no reason not to move forward.
I say Janne should continue on and convert the rest of the drivers... Is anybody
opposed?
Cheers,
Mike
--
Michael Krufky
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