On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Domenico Andreoli<cavokz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi, > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:17:49AM -0400, CityK wrote: >> Stefan Sassenberg wrote: >> > >> > what does the xf86-video-v4l driver do? I think I know the purpose of >> > xf86-video-<graphics_card> drivers, but I don't know what the -v4l >> > does. How is it used? >> >> Anyway, in answer to your question: >> * from the command line, type "man v4l" >> Then supplement that info with the following points taken from the V4L2 >> API > > i think he knows also what v4l is about. he was asking which kind of > support is given to X through this driver, something i'm also curious > to know. > > cheers, > Domenico Domenico, Try "man v4l" as CityK suggested -- you will find that he did in fact answer the question appropriately. -Mike -- 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