From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756015AbXD0Ppz (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:45:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756014AbXD0Ppz (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:45:55 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:50223 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756015AbXD0Ppy (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:45:54 -0400 Subject: Re: Video for Linux deprecated drivers (VIDEO_V4L1) From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Sunil Naidu Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <8355959a0704270809i1de3766elbc54c7ede5f421db@mail.gmail.com> References: <8355959a0704270809i1de3766elbc54c7ede5f421db@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:45:48 -0300 Message-Id: <1177688748.5163.32.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.0-5mdv2007.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sunil, Em Sex, 2007-04-27 às 20:39 +0530, Sunil Naidu escreveu: > Hello, > > I need add a device for a particular solution on a x86 box. Device is > Logitech QuickCam, USB based WebCam (has to be included because of the > change in the experiment specs). > > To get the device working (capture images by a V4L application), need > to compile the driver (qc-usb) & insert the quickcam.ko module. But, > what the requirement says I need to enable the VIDEO_V4L1 support. > Then I need to select USB_QUICKCAM_MESSENGER driver under the V4L USB > devices. Till here it's fine. > > But if I look at the kernel config, VIDEO_V4L1 is deprecated. If I > decide to enable VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT, there isn't any > USB_QUICKCAM_MESSENGER driver under the V4L USB devices! > > Should I select the VIDEO_V4L1 support to get the WebCam working or is > there any other way (work around) to get my WebCam working with > VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT? Comments pl? This driver were not yet ported to V4L2. So, if you need it, you will need to enable VIDEO_V4L1, until someone can port it to V4L2. Cheers, Mauro