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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:17:52 +0200
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Hi,

On 09/09/2010 04:41 PM, Andy Walls wrote:
> Hans de Goede,
>
> The uvc API that creates v4l2 ctrls on behalf of userspace could intercept those calls and create an LED interface instead of, or in addition to, the v4l2 ctrl.

That would mean special casing certain extension controls which I don't think is something which we want to do.

Regards,

Hans