Hi all,
I'm a senior software engineer [0] with a small startup. Our product
is Linux based and makes use of a 3M pixel camera. Unfortunately, the
camera we have been using for the last 3 years is no longer being
produced.
We have found two candidate replacement cameras, one with a binary
only driver and user space library and one with a windows driver
but no Linux driver.
My questions:
- How difficult is it to create a GPL V4L driver for a USB camera
by snooping the USB traffic of the device when connected to
a windows machine? The intention is to merge this work into
the V4L mainline and ultimately the kernel.
- How much work is involved in the above for someone experienced
in writing V4L drivers?
- Are there people involved with the V4L project that would be
willing to undertake this project under contract?
Obviously, answers to the last question can be send directly to
me :-). The others are probably best sent to the list.
Cheers,
Erik
[0] I am also a FOSS developer. My main two projects are
http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsamplerate/
I am also involved with Xiph.org and the Debian project.
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erik de castro lopo
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bCODE
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tel +61 (0)2 9954 4411
fax +61 (0)2 9954 4422
www.bcode.com
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