Re: [patch] add video_nr module param to gspca

[Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>]

Hi.

Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> Looking at the video drivers, I found that only half of these ones have
> this parameter. Then, I think it should be better to remove it
> everywhere!
OK, that might be a solution too. :)

> In fact, setting the video number in the right driver before plugging
> any video device is rather complicated while setting udev rules is easy
> and has to be done only once...
No, its not like that. You only add the
strings like
options gspca video_nr=1
in your /etc/modprobe.conf, and you are
done. ALSA went even further and introduced
the option "order", so that you write:
options snd order=snd-intel8x0,snd-hda-intel
for example. So, from some point of view, this
is actually easier than the udev solution
(eg. I always did that and never played with
udev :), but indeed, having two ways of doing
the same thing is usually confusing, so I am
not trying to talk you into applying my patch. :)
If there is an intention to deprecate the "video_nr"
thing, then it certainly doesn't apply.