Hi Emmanuel, On Friday 20 June 2008, Emmanuel Kasper wrote: > Hello > With a couple of other french folks, we are building a kind of webshop > for Linux/FreeBSD compatible hardware. We will reference only devices > which work with a free driver, so no nvidia binary thingie / atheros HAL > / etc ...
Great initiative ! I hope you will succeed in your project and I'm looking forward for collaboration on Linux driver development in the future :-) > Based on the information found on http://linux-uvc.berlios.de we plan > to reference the following webcams all of them using the uvcvideo driver > > Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 > Creative Labs Cam Optia > Guillemot Hercules Dualpix Exchange > Logitech Quickcam Communicate Deluxe > Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebook > Logitech QuickCam Fusion > Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 > Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 Among those cameras I've only tested the Creative and Logitech webcams personally. You shouldn't list the Logitech QuickCam Fusion, as it has a bad firmware bug that makes Linux support unreliable. Check http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/linux/logitech-webcams for more information about Logitech webcams. > We would be also interested to indicate on each product description, if > the vendor of the product, or the chipset maker for that matters had > been helpful with developers trying to write a free driver. So for the > devices mentionned above, was any of the vendor helpful by providing > programming documentation or hardware ? > > If yes we will mention it on the product description with an extra tag > like "programmer friendly". I asked Microsoft for hardware samples and they simply ignored my request. Nothing surprising there, although I've heard from another developer that it largely depends on who you contact in the company. I haven't had any contact with Hercules. Creative Labs offered a free Optia webcam. My contact there was very friendly, and welcomed the Linux UVC driver project. Logitech has proved the most supportive so far. I've received hardware samples and documentation. They set up a community website at http://www.quickcamteam.net/ for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows users and developers. You can definitely flag them as programmer friendly and Linux friendly, at least for their webcam department. Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
