diff -r 88a9c2ed612e v4l2-apps/libv4l/libv4l2/libv4l2.c
--- a/v4l2-apps/libv4l/libv4l2/libv4l2.c	Wed Sep 02 11:25:10 2009 +0200
+++ b/v4l2-apps/libv4l/libv4l2/libv4l2.c	Thu Sep 03 11:43:15 2009 +0200
@@ -526,10 +526,9 @@
     return -1;
   }
 
-  /* we only add functionality for video capture devices, and we do not
-     handle devices which don't do mmap */
+  /* we only add functionality for video capture devices */
   if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE) ||
-      !(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_STREAMING))
+      !(cap.capabilities & (V4L2_CAP_STREAMING|V4L2_CAP_READWRITE))
     return fd;
 
   /* Get current cam format */
@@ -564,6 +563,8 @@
   devices[index].flags = v4l2_flags;
   if (cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_READWRITE)
     devices[index].flags |= V4L2_SUPPORTS_READ;
+  if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_STREAMING))
+    devices[index].flags |= V4L2_USE_READ_FOR_READ;
   if (!strcmp((char *)cap.driver, "uvcvideo"))
     devices[index].flags |= V4L2_IS_UVC;
   devices[index].open_count = 1;
@@ -571,7 +572,7 @@
   devices[index].dest_fmt = fmt;
 
   /* When a user does a try_fmt with the current dest_fmt and the dest_fmt
-     is a supported one we will align the resulution (see try_fmt for why).
+     is a supported one we will align the resolution (see try_fmt for why).
      Do the same here now, so that a try_fmt on the result of a get_fmt done
      immediately after open leaves the fmt unchanged. */
   if (v4lconvert_supported_dst_format(