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With devfs, video devices numbers are distributed automatically without any order. How can I force devices numbers?

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With devfs, video devices numbers are distributed automatically without any order. How can I force devices numbers?

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options bttv pll=0 radio=0 card=1 tuner=3 video_nr=1 vbi_nr=1 gbuffers=4 fieldnr=1 ######### End Tuner TV ######### You could do the same thing with Webcam. Use this parameter: dev_hint: For example: ######### USB Webcam ######### alias char-major-81-0 pwc alias sound-service-1-0 audio alias sound-service-1-3 audio alias sound-service-1-8 audio alias sound-service-1-12 audio options pwc dev_hint=0 post-install pwc /sbin/insmod –force /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/pwcx-i386.o.gz >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove pwc /sbin/rmmod pwcx >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ######### End USB Webcam ###### • XdTV compilation and optimization: If you compile XdTV on you own PC, it will be optimized for your own CPU. It’s possible to avoid this and to make (to build rpm or deb packages) a standard compilation.