On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:14:36 +0100
Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar
> <boulabiar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The bounty is already taken by that developer.
> >
> > But now, the Kinect thing is supported like a GPL userspace library.
> > Maybe still need more work to be rewritten as a kernel module.
> >
>
> This should better remain in userspace and interface libv4l/libv4l2 no
> need to make things more complicated than they have to be.
I can see at least two reasons for a kernel driver:
1. performance
2. out-of-the-box experience: the casual user who wants to just use
kinect as a normal webcam doesn't have to care about installing some
library
If there are arguments against a kernel driver I can't see them yet.
Ciao,
Antonio
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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