Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:06:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, dannyman <dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qcam in kernel - build died Message-ID: <199802260306.TAA22064@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:48:28 PST." <21104.888457708@time.cdrom.com>
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> > > That said, there *was* a certain degree of outcry over the decision > despite the fact that the "kill it" request came from the author > himself, What I found most amusing about this was that the cry came from the anti-bloat heartland. Whoever would have thought that they would use something so inefficient and frivolous? > and I believe that the current plan is to update / enhance > the usermode utilities to deal better with the QC and give the yelling > folks equivalent (or better) functionality. One big advantage of > putting the driver in usermode is that it doesn't drag down your > interactive performance anywhere near as much while using the camera. In fact, I was already in receipt of an offer from what appears to be a completely serious volunteer who has indicated a desire to ensure that all of the QC models are supported. This will almost certainly be done in userspace, either with the ppi(4) interface or using direct port I/O. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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