Am Mittwoch 18 Februar 2009 16:03:33 schrieb Martin Olsson: > Hello, > > I bought a LifeCam VX-6000 today only to find that it didn't work that well > with Ubuntu (no /dev/video* device). After some googling I ended up here > and I tested the microdia driver and it worked (vlc/mplayer but not > cheese). > > Thanks for building this thing guys! Keep up the good work. > > I have some questions: > * Is there any plans to get this driver merged into Linus tree? > * How _much_ work remains before it can be merged? > * What exactly remains to be done before you can merge the first version > into mainline? * I've not written much drivers before but I know C well; if > there is anything I can do to help get this driver into mainline faster > please let me know. >
Hey Mirtin Olsson, I'll answer the difficult part first. Please note that these are mostly my personal views since we have a very discussion-based ruling on these issues. But maybe we can use this as a start for such discussions. 1. There is consensus that we will submit the driver for the torvalds-kernel when it is ready. 2. Only few features are missing. Right now we are mostly fixing bugs for a few specific webcams (or more accurate: their sensors). 3. What remains to be done is the above mentioned bugfixing until all cams work with a decent quality. Also proposed: - measure performance (fps) - handle a ripped out USB-cable while streaming. (Currently very ugly things happen. don't test.) - snapshots (not available via V4L2) - compiler optimization (likely and unlikely macros, etc) GWater --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Lets make microdia webcams plug'n play, (currently plug'n pray) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Visit us online https://groups.google.com/group/microdia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
