Hi Greg, On Thursday 29 April 2010 05:41:11 Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:52:57AM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > Here's a new version of the UVC gadget driver I posted on the list some > > time ago, rebased on 2.6.34-rc5. > > > > The private events API has been replaced by the new V4L2 events API that > > will be available in 2.6.34 (the code is already available in the > > v4l-dvb tree on linuxtv.org, and should be pushed to > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-next.git very > > soon). > > > > Further testing of the changes related to the events API is required > > (this is planned for the next few days). As it seems to be the UVC > > gadget driver season (Robert Lukassen posted his own implementation - > > having a different goal - two days ago) > > What are the different goals here? Shouldn't there just be only one way > to implement this, or am I missing something? Both drivers act as "webcams". Robert's version exports the local frame buffer through USB, making the "webcam" capture what's displayed on the device. My version exposes a V4L2 interface to userspace, allowing an application on the device to send whatever it wants over USB (for instance frames captured from a sensor, making the device a real camera). > > , I thought I'd post the patch as an RFC. I'd like the UVC function > > driver to make it to 2.6.35, comments are more than welcome. > > It needs to get into my tree _now_ if you are wanting it in .35.... > Just fyi. Does now mean today, or before next week ? -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart -- 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
