From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.bcode.com ([150.101.204.108]:49260 "EHLO mail.bcode.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750817AbZFOBBv (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:01:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:52 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: Hans de Goede Cc: Erik de Castro Lopo , "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: GPL code for Omnivision USB video camera available. Message-Id: <20090615110152.4c577be7.erik@bcode.com> In-Reply-To: <4A335F5A.1010305@redhat.com> References: <20090612110228.3f7e42ab.erik@bcode.com> <4A31FB0A.8030104@redhat.com> <20090613104524.781027d8.erik@bcode.com> <4A335F5A.1010305@redhat.com> 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 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:12:10 +1000 Hans de Goede 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 -- ======================= erik de castro lopo senior design engineer bCODE level 2, 2a glen street milsons point sydney nsw 2061 australia tel +61 (0)2 9954 4411 fax +61 (0)2 9954 4422 www.bcode.com