[mythtv-users] major and minor numbers for Compro DVB-T300?

[Greg Vickers]

Nick,

> Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 11/11/05, Greg Vickers <daehenoc at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've found that the modules saa7134 & saa7134-dvb don't have any rules 

<snip>

> DVB has the major number 212. As for the minor numbers, I'm not sure
> how they are decided - in one machine I have:
> 
> [mythtv at sbe ~]$ ll /dev/dvb/adapter0/
> total 0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 4 Nov 11 23:33 demux0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 5 Nov 11 23:33 dvr0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 3 Nov 11 23:33 frontend0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 7 Nov 11 23:33 net0
> [mythtv at sbe ~]$ ll /dev/dvb/adapter1/
> total 0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 68 Nov 11 23:33 demux0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 69 Nov 11 23:33 dvr0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 67 Nov 11 23:33 frontend0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 212, 71 Nov 11 23:33 net0
> 
> There is a rule for creating the individual device minor numbers
> relative to each other (check http://dl.bytesex.org/misc/dvb-devices)
> but as to which base number to use I don't know. I'd be tempted to
> start from 0 and create the nodes using mknod  (like the numbering for
> my adapter0 above), and then see if it works.

Ah, thanks Nick! I'll have a look next time I'm on my Myth box (got a busy Sunday today :p)

Greg