Re: OV518+ driver missing decompressor

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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
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