My project is for learning only of course. I don't know nothing about writting a linux driver, but I'm reading LDD 3rd edition.
I want to have a list of unimplemented features in linux uvc driver, because it may be interesting for know the possibilities of "get" this knowledges. Bye Palmax 2008/10/15 Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Tuesday 14 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello >> >> I want to do a webcam driver from scratch. > > Can I ask you why ? Do you have a webcam that is currently unsupported in > Linux, or is your project for learning purpose only ? > >> Your driver may be interesting in my "academy" intention because I know that >> a lot of cameras are compatible UVC (usb video class). > > Most new webcams are UVC compatible as Microsoft made it a requirement for the > Vista compatibility logo. > >> Can you tell me what is the most interesting "papers" for me? > > You can find a few documents about the Linux side of things at > http://www.linuxtv.org/docs.php. You will need to understand the V4L2 API. > > A good understanding of the Linux driver model will be required too. "Linux > Device Drivers", 3rd edition, is a good book and can be downloaded at > http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ (or better for the authors, bought from > O'Reilly). > > Regarding UVC itself, the specification can be downloaded from the USB > Implementers Forum at > http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/USB_Video_Class_1_1.zip. There's > not much other source of information (although the USB-IF forums could be > useful). > >> If I would enter in "UVC driver team", what will I do? > > That's up to you :-) If you write a UVC driver from scratch it will be a > separate project, unrelated to the current Linux UVC driver. If you want to > join the "team", pick up something you'd like to improve in the driver and > send a patch. I can provide a sample list of unimplemented features. > >> What will I need know knowledges? > > C programming (obviously) and Linux kernel development, although the later can > be learnt as you go. > > Best regards, > > Laurent Pinchart > _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
