Upstart config file generation

Scott James Remnant scott at netsplit.com
Sat May 7 09:46:06 UTC 2011


On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers at computer.org>wrote:
>
> I don't think MythTV has any option but to use the /dev/video* or
> /dev/dvb/adapter* device nodes because those are what video4linux exposes.
>
> Ensuring that the names are persistent across boots is generally
> accomplished by means of udev rules, as explained here:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Device_Filenames_and_udev
>
> No.

These kinds rules are never going to be supported long-term, applications
are expected to understand that device names are dynamic and actually check
the information about the device rather than relying on the name.

Seriously, check the udev git log for my name before arguing with me about
this ;)

Scott
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