From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp0.lie-comtel.li ([217.173.238.80]:53608 "EHLO smtp0.lie-comtel.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933999AbZD3RwD (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:52:03 -0400 Message-ID: <49F9E540.5030909@kaiser-linux.li> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:52:00 +0200 From: Thomas Kaiser MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Theodore Kilgore CC: Wolfram Sang , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Donating a mr97310 based elta-media 8212dc (0x093a:0x010e) References: <20090430022847.GA15183@pengutronix.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/30/2009 05:24 PM, Theodore Kilgore wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Wolfram Sang wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I recently found an elta media dc8212 camera (usb-id: 0x093a:0x010e) >> in a pile >> of old hardware. When looking for linux-support (out of curiosity, I >> don't need >> the cam), I saw that there is activity regarding these types of camera >> (mr97310) right now. As I am currently busy in other departments of >> the kernel, >> I was wondering if somebody here is interested in getting the camera >> to do >> further research? If so, just drop me a mail and I will send it >> free-of-charge. >> >> Regards, >> >> Wolfram >> >> PS: The camera still works. Just checked with another OS on a friend's >> machine. >> >> -- >> Pengutronix e.K. | Wolfram >> Sang | >> Industrial Linux Solutions | >> http://www.pengutronix.de/ | >> > > Hi, > > If you want to do such a thing, I think it is very kind of you. As for > myself, I suspect that I already have three or four similar cameras, and > so I probably do not really need another one. Also, judging from your > e-mail address you are in Germany and I am in the US, making it a less > desirable prospect to ship such an object for such a distance. > > Therefore, I would offer the suggestion that the camera should go to > Kyle Guin, who wrote the kernel support, or, if he is also in the US (I > do not know where he lives) then perhaps to Thomas Kaiser, who lives a > bit closer to you. I think that all three of us are equally interested > but as I said I do not believe that I need another one of these cameras. > In case that I have missed someone else who might be interested, that is > inadvertent on my part. Hello Wolfram, Theodore and Kyle While Theodore is mentioning my name and I live close to Germany, I show my interest for the cam. Anyway, if it is better to send to someone else, that's no problem for me. Theodore and I exchanged some mails about the compression algorithm of this cam already and it would be nice for me to do something with the real hardware. Anyway I showed my interest in the compression of the stream because the vendor ID is the same like the Pixart cams (PAC207, PAC7311) for which I wrote the initial drivers and found the decompression algorithm with the help of others. Maybe the idea from Theodore to send the cam to me is not such a bad idea ;-) Should we discuss here for some days to find out who can make the most progress with this cam? Wolfram, thanks for the offer to donate the cam! Thomas