On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 02:29:32PM -0700, Brett Warden wrote: > I have a GE EasyCam Pro (05a9:a518, OV518+, OV7620AE). Many kernel > versions ago, the camera worked, using Mark McClelland's out-of-tree > drivers at <http://ovcam.org/ov511/>. However, it seems that those > drivers have remained untouched for more than 3 years, and of course > they're long-incompatible with 2.6.30. > > The in-tree driver lacks the decompressor required for this particular > implementation. I seem to recall that there was some specific issue > with including the decompressor in the kernel source, but I can't find > a reference anymore. I found a hacked-up driver that includes JPEG > code in the module (ov51x-jpeg), but of course that's risky, > unfavorable, and requires out-of-tree maintenance. > > Does anyone know what is required to make this work again? I'm willing > to do the work, but I just don't know where to start. Does the > decompressor support belong in applications themselves? Yes. > Does the V4L library require work to support it? What can I do to make > this work with the in-tree driver? This should all now be handled properly in the userspace libraries, I would recommend asking this on the V4L mailing list where the developers there can help you out much better. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
