On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. That does clarify it. But I still have a few >> more questions. >> >> 1. What makes camera UVC compliant? Is there a document describing >> this? I have access to the hardware (or I should say access to the >> hardware engineers) and can make it compliant. > > The UVC spec describes that. Please refer to that large specification > for the details. > >> 2. If making camera UVC compliant is a software issue, then I can >> certainly make changes to UVC, I just don't know what is good starting >> point for this. I'd appreciate if someone could point me in the right >> direction (i.e. take a look at this function in this file and it will >> get you started). No need to handhold, but a little help navigating >> UVC/USB is appreciated. > > It's all software, this question doesn't really make much sense. Go > read the spec for the details please. > >> 3. In case items 1 and 2 are not the steps that I need to take, I will >> write a V4L driver. V4L is quite complex and I have the same request >> here as in item 2. What is a good starting point to write a V4L >> driver? Is there a template file I could use? Would Virtual Video >> Driver (vivid) be a good place to look at? > > There's lots of documentation in the kernel about this, have you read > that? Yes, I did find a lot of it. It is a bit overwhelming to sift through this much information. My question was with regard to a starting point for a V4L driver. Given that there is a lot of documentation, is there a template/simple driver I could use as a starting point? I could slowly "grow" it and make changes to it to fit the capabilities of my camera. > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- Rail Shafigulin Software Engineer Esencia Technologies -- *ESENCIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.*3945 Freedom Circle, Suite #360, Santa Clara CA 95054 ________________________________________________________ Phone: +1 408 736 8284 Fax: +1 408 519 3475 http://www.esenciatech.com | http://www.lnttechservices.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
