I am thinking about be a developer of your project for do my final academic work. If you like that, you could bring me a TODO list with some tasks that I can do as parallel as possible.
I will study all task of this TODO list with my mentor, because he has to approve it. Like a final academic work, my time and resources are limited. Thank you for your collaboration Palmax 2008/10/15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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
