Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:50:33 -0800 From: Mark Atkinson <atkin901@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Testers: FreeBSD webcam driver (and more) Message-ID: <epqkt9$4s2$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20070130170443.A49225__4224.36480080268$1170205552$gmane$org@xorpc.icir.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > I think I reached a first interesting milestone in my project > to build an emulation layer to compile linux device drivers on FreeBSD. > > I managed to build a FreeBSD port of the linux 'gspca' driver (which > claims to support 228 different webcams) with basically no modifications > to the original source. So it would be good if someone could give a try > to this code, either on -current or -stable, keeping in mind that > this is NOT PRODUCTION READY yet. > > More details on how the thing works are at > > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/linux_bsd_kld.html > > together of course with source code, and even binary modules > for FreeBSD 6.2. > Basically I would like to know how it builds/works on -current, > have reports on cameras that work with it and those which don't > and so on. The driver supports the Video4Linux API so it should > be useful for a variety of applications. This is an Intel 'Create and Share' Camera Model No. CS330. [root@moby gspcav1-20070110]$ tail /var/log/messages Jan 31 09:44:48 <kern.crit> moby kernel: usb_spca5xx_init: gspca driver 01.00.12 registered Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev0: <vendor 0x0733 product 0x0401, class 0/0, rev 1.00/0.90, addr 2> on uhub2 Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev_attach: sc at 0xc5f88000, l_u_d at 0xc5f88058 Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: --- allocate 191 bytes gives 0xc5f8e500 Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: interface 0 has 8 altsettings (cur 0) Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: gspca_attach_bridge: USB SPCA5XX camera found. (SPCA501 ) Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: spca5xx_probe: [spca5xx_probe:3976] Camera type YUYV Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: spca5xx_getcapability: [spca5xx_getcapability:1182] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 160 minh 120 Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: 615548232 [ 878] video_register_device: to be fixed but ok for now Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev0: vendor 0x0733 product 0x0401, rev 1.00/0.90, addr 2 -- Mark Atkinson atkin901@yahoo.com (!wired)?(coffee++):(wired);
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