> Hi Vasily, > > Your patch seems to be reversed, not a big deal for review purposes, of > course. > I think you know that if you are working on a hg clone you can simply > issue "hg diff" to get the right patch, or you could even use 'quilt' to > ease your work. > > Just very few comments about syntax and style, since I am not a v4l > dev :) > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:22:58 +0300 > Vasily <vasaka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello Hans, >> >> Here is version with most issues fixed except usage of struct >> v4l2_device >> Can you please tell me more what should I use it for? I do not use any >> subdevice feature. It does not remove usage of video_device struct >> as I see from vivi driver it just used to be registered and unregistered >> and for messages, may be I missed something? >> So can you tell please what I should use it for in loopback driver? >> Just add it to v4l2_loopback_device structure and registe it? >> --- >> This patch introduces v4l2 loopback module >> >> From: Vasily Levin <vasaka@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> This is v4l2 loopback driver which can be used to make available any >> userspace >> video as v4l2 device. Initialy it was written to make videoeffects >> available >> to Skype, but in fact it have many more uses. >> >> Priority: normal >> >> Signed-off-by: Vasily Levin <vasaka@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> diff -uprN v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/Kconfig >> v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/Kconfig >> --- v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/Kconfig 2009-04-26 >> 21:30:37.000000000 +0300 >> +++ v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/Kconfig 2009-04-25 >> 04:41:20.000000000 +0300 >> @@ -479,13 +479,6 @@ config VIDEO_VIVI >> Say Y here if you want to test video apps or debug V4L devices. >> In doubt, say N. >> >> -config VIDEO_V4L2_LOOPBACK >> - tristate "v4l2 loopback driver" >> - depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && VIDEO_DEV >> - help >> - Say Y if you want to use v4l2 loopback driver. >> - This driver can be compiled as a module, called v4l2loopback. >> - > > The description here could be improved, don't you think so? > >> source "drivers/media/video/bt8xx/Kconfig" >> >> config VIDEO_PMS >> diff -uprN v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/Makefile >> v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/Makefile >> --- v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/Makefile 2009-04-26 >> 21:30:37.000000000 +0300 >> +++ v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/Makefile 2009-04-25 >> 04:41:20.000000000 +0300 >> @@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_IVTV) += ivtv/ >> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CX18) += cx18/ >> >> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_VIVI) += vivi.o >> -obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_LOOPBACK) += v4l2loopback.o >> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CX23885) += cx23885/ >> >> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MX1) += mx1_camera.o >> diff -uprN v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/v4l2loopback.c >> v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/v4l2loopback.c >> --- v4l-dvb.my.p/linux/drivers/media/video/v4l2loopback.c 2009-04-27 >> 03:07:08.000000000 +0300 >> +++ v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/video/v4l2loopback.c 1970-01-01 >> 03:00:00.000000000 +0300 >> @@ -1,732 +0,0 @@ >> -/* >> - * v4l2loopback.c -- video 4 linux loopback driver >> - * >> - * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 >> - * Vasily Levin (vasaka@xxxxxxxxx) >> - * >> - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or >> modify >> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as >> published by >> - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, >> or >> - * (at your option) any later version. >> - * >> - */ > > Nitpicking here: just one space before the text? > >> -#include <linux/version.h> >> -#include <linux/vmalloc.h> >> -#include <linux/mm.h> >> -#include <linux/time.h> >> -#include <linux/module.h> >> -#include <media/v4l2-ioctl.h> >> -#include "v4l2loopback.h" >> - >> -#define YAVLD_STREAMING >> - >> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("V4L2 loopback video device"); >> -MODULE_VERSION("0.1.1"); >> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Vasily Levin"); >> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); >> - > > "GPL v2"? I am not sure if this is of any importance. > >> -/* module parameters */ >> -static int debug = 0; >> -module_param(debug, int, 0); >> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug,"if debug output is enabled, values are 0, 1 or >> 2"); >> - > > To do debug prints, these days, most kernel modules defines DEBUG at > the top of the file (just when needed) and then use pr_debug() or better > dev_dbg() into code. Actually, I prefer a debug module parameter. That way you can enable debugging without recompiling. Given the complexity of video drivers that is often very desirable. Regards, Hans -- Hans Verkuil - video4linux developer - sponsored by TANDBERG -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html