Am 14.01.2014 01:48, schrieb Keith Lawson: > On 2014-01-12 11:56, Frank Schäfer wrote: > >> On 09.01.2014 02:02, Keith Lawson wrote: >> >>> Hello, I sent the following message to the linux-usb mailing list >>> and they suggested I try here. I'm trying to get a "Dazzle Video >>> Capture USB V1.0" video capture card working on a Linux device but >>> it doesn't >>> look like the chip set is supported yet. I believe this card is the >>> next version of the Pinnacle VC100 capture card that worked with the >>> em28xx kernel module. The hardware vendor that sold the card says that >>> this device has an Empia 2980 chip set in it so I'm inquiring about >>> support for that chip set. I'm just wondering about the best >>> approach for getting the new chip supported in the kernel. Is this >>> something the >>> em28xx maintainers would naturally address in time or can I assist >>> in getting this into the kernel? Here's dmesg from the Debian box >>> I'm working on: [ 3198.920619] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device >>> number 5 >>> usingxhci_hcd [ 3198.939394] usb 3-1: New USB device found, >>> idVendor=1b80,idProduct=e60a [ 3198.939399] usb 3-1: New USB device >>> strings: Mfr=0, Product=1,SerialNumber=2 [ 3198.939403] usb 3-1: >>> Product: Dazzle >>> Video Capture USB Audio Device [ 3198.939405] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: >>> 0 l440:~$ uname -a Linux l440 3.10-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.10.11-1 >>> (2013-09-10) x86_64 GNU/Linux If this isn't the appropriate list to ask >>> this question please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Keith >> >> >> The em28xx is indeed the dedicated driver for this device, but it's hard >> to say how much work would be necessary to add support for it. >> We currently don't support any em29xx chip yet, but in theory it is just >> an extended em28xx device. >> Whatever that means when it comes to the low level stuff... ;) >> > > What's the best route to get support for this chip added then? Should > I start working on a patch myself or will this just happen during the > course of development of the em28xx module? I'm a developer but > haven't done any kernel hacking so this would likely be a steep > learning curve for me. Can you create USB-Traces of the Windows driver and send us the output of "lsusb -v -d 1b80:e60a" for this device ? That will give us a hint how much work will be needed. Regards, Frank -- 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
