Mark, Brilliant!! The ov518 driver is the one I need - but like you say, thats not an issue for us to discuss. A new patch would be fantastic - I saw lots of stuff that looked incomplete, but I didn't know quite how how to handle it. Thanks for your work with this driver, sorry for pestering you so much!! - and I look forward to you patch.
Richard Hughes On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 07:53, Mark McClelland wrote: > Richard Hughes wrote: > > >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/ . ------------------------------------------------------- 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
