Hi Duncan, On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 16:27 +0100, Duncan Cragg wrote: > > > > Hi Duncan - welcome to the Moblin list! > > > Thanks! > > > I don't have answers to all of your questions but I will answer those I > > can. > > > Thanks, Derek! Your answers were exactly what I needed to know.. =0) > > >> - Can I get APIs (*.h/lib), not just for GL, but phone/SIM/texting, > >> camera, GPS? > >> > > Many of these APIs are currently outside the scope of the Moblin > > definition. RedFlag probably has their own APIs for accessing these > > functions so I recommend you touch base with them. Since these APIs are > > not part of the Moblin definition, it is likely that use of them will > > not be portable to other devices that are running Midinux. > > > It seems odd for camera and GPS to be outside of Moblin/Midinux!? I can > understand the phone-related stuff, since MIDs are not seen primarily as > phones, but camera should be just like a webcam, no? And GPS should be > just a /dev/gps or something that you can query for a couple of numbers > (excuse my naivity if it's more complicated than that!!) Both are > things every MID should have, I'd imagine.
Looking forward, GPS and location data would be available through Gypsy and Geoclue frameworks, if the GPS has open drivers and speaks standard NMEA. Similarly if the camera has open drivers then it should plug in to standard v4l/v4l2 stuff in the kernel and then be available via gstreamer to apps. I don't know if that's what is currently available in RedFlag. Paul > I don't get the impression that RedFlag (or the device mfrs, > Gigabyte/Aigo/etc) are as accessible as they could be to help people > like me... =0( > > Anyway, thanks again for your quick and comprehensive reply! > > Duncan > > > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists -- Intel Open Source Technology Centre http://oss.intel.com/ _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
