On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 11:12:45AM -0400, Michael Krufky wrote: > 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. indeed :) i saw the pointers to the V4L api reference and supposed he was explaining what V4L is... thank you, domenico -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://www.dandreoli.com/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50 -- 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