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Date:      Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:50:15 +0200
From:      Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Martin Wilke <miwi@freebsd.org>
Subject:   V4bsd (Was: Re: skype 2.1 beta for linux)
Message-ID:  <200909031350.15575.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090903085446.GG82548@bsdcrew.de>
References:  <4A9EB91C.4060203@icyb.net.ua> <20090903081015.GA2343@current.Sisis.de> <20090903085446.GG82548@bsdcrew.de>

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On Thursday 03 September 2009 10:54:46 Martin Wilke wrote:

> Also that's not a problem from Skype, FreeBSD need a v4l(v4bsd)...

Without getting into the nitty gritty of USB/PCI, what does a camera really 
do? Power on/off and send a stream of pictures in format X? I've never 
understood why it is so complex, that v4l needs a second release to get to a 
somewhat acceptable API.
-- 
Mel



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