On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:13:45PM -0500, Keith C wrote: > >> Here is my modprobe.conf: > >> > >> <snip> > >> #ivtv PVR500 > >> alias char-major-81 videodev > >> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > >> alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > >> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv > >> alias tuner tuner-ivtv > >> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv > > > > > >I'm not sure whether or not I need to include the alias stuff in > >modprobe. If I do, I get the errors. If I don't, the errors go > >away, but I'm not sure if I am loading the right modules.... > > > > Let me clarify this a little. If you use the kmdls from atrpms, and > don't rename anything at all, and you want to use the ivtv versions > of everything, then you MUST have the alias lines in modprobe.conf. > Because thats what the ivtv modules are named in atrpms. Its a > failsafe device added by Axel to ensure that linux newbies don't get > the wrong modules loaded.
Keith is correct. This mechanism allows to deploy ivtv's versions and have the user choose between the kernel's version (no aliases) and ivtv's version (with the aliases). This was introduced a year or so ago, when a first attempt was made to get msp3400 merged back to v4l/kernel, and a fast method of comparing them was needed. My recommendation (for now and future) is: Try w/o any aliases and if something doesn't work add them one by one. E.g. bad detection, then try ivtv's tveeprom and tuner modules, bad sound, then try ivtv's msp3400. And please report successes and failures as feedback for the ongoing merge efforts! -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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