Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 03:35:03 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Webcamd modularisation ongoing Message-ID: <201105190335.03535.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <201105182104.19607.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <201105182104.19607.hselasky@c2i.net>
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On Wednesday 18 May 2011 21:04:19 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently restructuring webcamd to be more up to date with the > following git: > > http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git > > I've created a new tool (~1000 LOC) called linux_make, which I've committed > to my I4B svn repositorium under the usbcam/ulinux/tools/linux_make > folder. > > This tool basically scans the Linux Makefiles and convert them into BSD > ones based on input from a "config" file. This is very much like > menuconfig, only more lightweight. For example I don't care about > automatic dependencies. > > Currently everything is built like a monotolith, but this new tool allows > for modules aswell, so that for example the UVC video driver is a .so file > which webcamd loads during startup. > > When I've got all the bits and pieces together I will do the final > switchover to using media_tree.git. This might require some help from > people that have submitted driver patches to webcamd which might no longer > apply. > > --HPS > Hi, The switchover to git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git is now complete as per r1804. Please update your patches and report any failures. At least the following driver needs to be updated: "PCTV 452E" --HPS Instructions (git + svn is required): # # 4) Build webcamd # svn --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \ checkout svn://svn.turbocat.net/i4b/trunk/usbcam/ulinux make fetch cd patches ./do_patch.sh cd .. make -j3 all # the following command will attach to the first detected webcam: ./webcamd # # The following command will try to attach to the given USB unit, # interface and V4B unit. # ./webcamd -d ugen4.1 -i 0 -v 0 # # The following command will display webcam contents from /dev/video0 # by default. # pwcview
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