From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp6-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.6]:53953 "EHLO smtp6-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752845AbZBEUAC (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:00:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:51:29 +0100 From: Jean-Francois Moine To: kilgota@banach.math.auburn.edu Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make sure gspca cleans up USB resources during disconnect Message-ID: <20090205205129.1b412241@free.fr> In-Reply-To: References: <200902032313.17538.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <20090204174008.31846f22@free.fr> <200902042207.44867.linux@baker-net.org.uk> <20090205123947.0ba06e44@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:59:21 -0600 (CST) kilgota@banach.math.auburn.edu wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: > > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 22:07:44 +0000 > > Adam Baker wrote: > > > >> Thank You - If it wasn't for your work on gspca I'd still be using > >> a buggy old driver that had no chance of making it to main line. > > Well, I would not have been using it, actually. It was too much of a > mess. As to the "thanks" I definitely second that. To put together > over-arching projects which provide an API and a context for doing > things like this is definitely the way to go, and this one has been > put together with some thought, over a period of time. This brings up > a question I have been nmeaning to ask for some time: Whie we are > thanking people, it does occur to me to ask what has happened to > Michel Xhaard. We used to correspond occasionally. We had different > interests, with some intersection. I was specializing in still > cameras, and he was doing the webcam project from which gspca has > evolved. Our common interesection of interests, of course, were about > such matters as decompression algorithms, as well as pointing each > other to new cameras to look at. But the last time I sent Michel an > e-mail, which was about a two months ago or so, I did not get any > answer. Same for me. Since 6 months, he did answer only one time, on the list... I cannot even know if he is glad to have his baby in the Linux kernel. > > OK. It seems everything works fine with your webcam(s) (and the > > other ones). [snip] > Just to be clear about this: > > Jean-Francois, you sent out a separate mail about doing a pull, > which, I assume contains the changes in gspca which you mention > above, So, what you want now is a few minor revisions in the sq905 > module, in accordance with what is above, and then some final testing. [snip] Yes. As I said before, I'm ready to insert your driver in the gspca tree. The basic streaming is working. The video controls and the other resolutions may be added later. -- Ken ar c'hentan | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! ** Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/