Scrive Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> > Scrive Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 
> >  
> > > I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver: 
> >                                                           ^^^^^^^ 
> > > - it's not updated compared to upstream: 
> >  
> > Could you provide more details? 
> 
> Sorry, my fault.
> I confused this with a different driver.
> 
> > > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources 
> >  
> > w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the
> 
> > mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver. 
> 
>   Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second 
>   module for performance purposes.
> 
> What exactly does this mean?

Frame decoding/decompression should be done in userspace, although you can 
still download and use a separate kernel module.

> 
> Is it useful or not?

Yes

Regards,
Luca




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