Roberto,
You can use udev to start a small application and use v4l2_capability struct
to determine the device driver, if it is uvcvideo then it's a uvc device
(just check libwebcam, it uses the same aproach).

Best regards,
Paulo

2009/5/18 <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
> i'm trying to write an hotplug event for an uvc device. Basically i need
> to start a streaming server (mjpg-streamet) when an uvc device is plugged.
>
> So far the only way i could figure it out was to have a list of VID:PID
> anche check if the $PRODUCT variable is in that list. This is ok, but since
> I'm using this software with OpenWRT on an embedded platform i would like
> to avoid using this device list file.
>
> Is there a way to understand that an uvc device has been plugged from with
> an hotplug event?
>
> If there is no way, where can I find an always updated list of supported
> devices. I know about the one in the home page but i was wondering if there
> is a similar list in the official distribution.
>
> Thanks.
>
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