From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ea0-f181.google.com ([209.85.215.181]:63133 "EHLO mail-ea0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751216AbaALQzA (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:55:00 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f181.google.com with SMTP id m10so2883466eaj.26 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:54:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52D2C929.9080109@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:56:09 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?RnJhbmsgU2Now6RmZXI=?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: keith.lawson@libertas-tech.com, linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Support for Empia 2980 video/audio capture chip set References: <1ed89f5b0a32bf26e17cee890a26b012@www.nowhere.ca> In-Reply-To: <1ed89f5b0a32bf26e17cee890a26b012@www.nowhere.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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... ;) Regards, Frank