pwc driver in -mm kernels

pwc driver in -mm kernels

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Andrew, hi Luc!

I just realized that there is now the pwc driver back in -mm kernels,
but interestingly not the one from Luc, or at least not the last
published one (10.0.6). and wanted to ask if there is a specific reason
for this?

Best wishes

Norbert

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Re: pwc driver in -mm kernels

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 02:04:24PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi Andrew, hi Luc!
> 
> I just realized that there is now the pwc driver back in -mm kernels,
> but interestingly not the one from Luc, or at least not the last
> published one (10.0.6). and wanted to ask if there is a specific reason
> for this?

Because that is the version that was submitted for inclusion.  Patches
are gladly accepted to bring the driver up to date.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: pwc driver in -mm kernels

[Alan Cox]

On Sad, 2005-03-19 at 13:04, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi Andrew, hi Luc!
> 
> I just realized that there is now the pwc driver back in -mm kernels,
> but interestingly not the one from Luc, or at least not the last
> published one (10.0.6). and wanted to ask if there is a specific reason
> for this?

I pushed the tested one as a starting point. May have been the wrong
decision but it's my fault if so

Re: pwc driver in -mm kernels

[Norbert Preining]

On Mon, 21 Mär 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
> I pushed the tested one as a starting point. May have been the wrong
> decision but it's my fault if so

Ah ok. I checked the differences between the versions but there are too
many `none-standard' changes, i.e. kernel-language changes (statics,
inlines, __) etc so that I cannot submit a patch for the new version.

The good thing about the one on Luc's page it that it includes sysfs
support for several parameters and some more device ids.

Best wishes

Norbert

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Re: pwc driver in -mm kernels

[Luc Saillard]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 04:09:54PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mär 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I pushed the tested one as a starting point. May have been the wrong
> > decision but it's my fault if so
> 
> Ah ok. I checked the differences between the versions but there are too
> many `none-standard' changes, i.e. kernel-language changes (statics,
> inlines, __) etc so that I cannot submit a patch for the new version.
> 
> The good thing about the one on Luc's page it that it includes sysfs
> support for several parameters and some more device ids.

Sorry, i was in holliday far far away from my computer (it's very rare).
I can produce a patch with coding style fixes, or wait to fix a bug in v4l2
then submit the patch. What do you prefer ? Some applications crashes when
using the v4l2 API. I can made v4l2 optional.

I know that a lot of changes needs to be applied to the driver to please
everybody. So perhaps i can try to begin with a patch (with v4l2), and wait
for feedback, and resend patch until this is correct ?

Luc