I've made a diff file (against 2.6.6rc3-bk8) adding the developmental
version (rather than the 6 month old stable version) of the ov511
driver, version 2.27. Many more webcams are supported by this driver
than the version included in 2.6.5
Yes, an update is definitely overdue.
Basically, would this be useful to anyone? My Phillips OV518 camera now works nicely, but I've not tested it on any other PC.
I've tried to contact Mark McClelland (author) but to no avail.
I apologize for that. I've been behind on my email this week due to some unexpected job-related stuff.
Anyone want to check, polish and submit back into 2.6?
I can do it. There is lots of compatibility code that should not go in, some code that is incomplete (V4L2 support), and some drivers (saa7111, tuner) that will conflict with existing code. None of that code is needed for web cam support though.
The ovcamchip code is not meant to be included in drivers/usb/media, but rather in drivers/media, since it is not usb-specific. I will send a patch that adds that driver to the proper location to LKML tonight. Once cleaned up, the rest of the updates to the ov511 driver can be submitted to Greg, which I will do this weekend.
The OV518 and OV518+ cameras require a new file to be added to drivers/usb/media, ov518_decomp.c. This code supports kernel-mode decompression of the proprietary OV518 datastream. There is resistance to adding this sort of code to the kernel, due to the usual do-it-in-kernelspace vs. do-it-in-userspace issue. I will send a separate patch for that to Greg, and leave the decision of whether to accept it up to him (and Linus/Andrew).
If anyone would like to look at the individual driver files, I have them at http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/download/2.xx/ov511-2.27/ .
-- Mark McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software
Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO.
http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, use the last form field at:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
