> instead of using the V4L2 device node to access the stored images, it > probably makes > more sense to use a separate device for that, that will handle a separate set > of > ioctl's, and just use read() to retrieve the image data, after selecting the > desired > image number, via ioctl().
How will you handle the permission model, what about devices where you need the V4L2 controls to take the picture in the first place ? It seems it should really be the same device and just a minor tweak to the API. V4L2 already provides frame reading and mapping functionality and the media layer provides post processing services which I could conceive some setups needing to use. gphoto would just open the v4l device ask for still image stuff and discover it wasn't available. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
