Re: GPL code for Omnivision USB video camera available.

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erik@bcode.com>]

On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:12:10 +1000
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:

> Getting ovfx2 support into the mainline kernel sounds like a good idea!
> 
> I'm not such a big fan of merging the driver as is though, as it does 
> its own buffer management (and ioctl handling, usb interrupt handling, 
> locking, etc).

I understand completely.

> For adding the ovfx2 driver, you could start by copying ov519.c, which
> already has setup and control code fro most ov sensors and then rewrite
> the bridge part to be ovfx2 code, then later we can try to move the 
> sensor code to a shared c file for the ov519 and ovfx2 driver, depending
> on how much you needed to change the sensor code. Or you could add
> support for the ovfx2 to the ov519 driver.
> 
> Note I've recently being doing quite a bit of work on the ov519 driver,
> adding support for the ov511 and ov518 and adding more controls. I'll
> make a mercurial tree available with my latest code in it asap.

Ok, there's the rub. I am simply way too busy at the moment to push this
through myself.

I was hoping I could contract someone to take the existing code and
massage it into shape ready for merging. I would prefer it if that
someone was already a V4L hacker, but if I can't find anyone with
pre-existing V4L experience I'll find someone local with general
Linux kernel/driver experience.

Cheers,
Erik
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