2008/7/3 Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx>: > Hi all, > > As some of you know I've been working on improving webcam support under > Fedora, see: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport > http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/ > > One of the things I've been working on is in beating gspcav2 (a v4l2 port of > gspca) into shape, although I must admit most of the work has been done by > Jean-François Moine, the latest version is available from his mercurial tree > and it has been pulled into the official v4l-dvb tree for wider testing. > Once it has been in the v4l-dvb tree it will make its way into the mainline > hopefuly for 2.6.27, if not then certainly fotr 2.6.28. > > To check it out see: > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/ > > Some time ago I've already done a review of the gspca_core and there are > some locking issues to solve (I already know how, I just need to code them > out). > > Once this is done I would like to see gspcav2 be added to the Fedora kernel, > as to make the: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport > > Feature a reality (also needs userspace work, I'm on this). > > So my questions are: > 1) would it be acceptable to cary the gspca driver as a patch (only new > files > and makefile / kconfig changes doesn't touch anything else) until it is > merged upstream. Note that this is much needed for wider webcam support > and > that gspca is on its way to the mainline now, and I'll personally will be > working on ironing out any issues upstream may have with gspca as is. > > 2) Assuming the answer to 1 is yes, how do I move forward, can I get be > added > to the kernel package acl, what are the procedures for adding a patch and > building a new kernel, etc? Personally I'd love to see this in rawhide. If you have a patch that applies against the current rawhide kernel then scratch-building one in koji isn't too much of a greater leap. Maybe DaveJ and the other kernel bods would be happier if i's cleanly applying and won't need much maintenance. Just note in the kernel.spec to append a buildid (e.g. gspca) - more info here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel Cheers -- Christopher Brown http://www.chruz.com _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
