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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod Makefile distinfo
	pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod/files
	Makefile.kld patch-ov511-1
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 06:25:27PM +0000, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> luigi       2007-02-02 18:25:27 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Added files:
>     multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod Makefile distinfo pkg-descr 
>                                 pkg-plist 
>     multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod/files Makefile.kld patch-ov511-1 
>   Log:
>   New port linux-ov511-kmod, a usb webcam driver based on the linux
>   driver 'ov511' (from the linux sources) built on FreeBSD using
>   devel/linux-kmod-compat. The driver supports some ov511 based
>   webcams.

Could you please describe the benefits of using these drivers instead of
tools like `graphics/spcaview' or `graphics/vid'?

Thanks.

./danfe