Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 15:57:51 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM question (QCAM question) Message-ID: <199809052257.PAA06739@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 18:36:54 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809051835300.2918-100000@zone.syracuse.net>
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> Hell :( Okay, then. In that case, what I can do would amount to fixing any > panics that the code caused for VC/etc. and correctly detecting the > devices (but not continuing... detect that they DON'T work :P), and doing > the ppbus dance. Is that acceptable for inclusion? The protocol is probably documented in source available elsewhere. The bottom line is that there are more problems with the Quickcam protocol which make it hostile to implementing it in kernel space. It should instead be done in user space. You could probably add a few minor enhancements to the 'ppi' driver (ability to read multiple values) and do everything else in a user-space application. -- \\ 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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