From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 08:13:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: usb@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B6416A400 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rizzo@icir.org) Received: from xorpc.icir.org (xorpc.icir.org [192.150.187.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2262913C441 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rizzo@icir.org) Received: from xorpc.icir.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xorpc.icir.org (8.12.11/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l168DYBH047612; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:13:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rizzo@xorpc.icir.org) Received: (from rizzo@localhost) by xorpc.icir.org (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id l168DY5a047611; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:13:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rizzo) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 00:13:34 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Kevin Downey Message-ID: <20070206001334.A47591@xorpc.icir.org> References: <20070130170443.A49225@xorpc.icir.org> <1d3ed48c0702051633w39c52fa6kf414199e0f1f6e35@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0702051633w39c52fa6kf414199e0f1f6e35@mail.gmail.com>; from redchin@gmail.com on Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 04:33:15PM -0800 Cc: usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Testers: FreeBSD webcam driver (and more) X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:13:35 -0000 On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 04:33:15PM -0800, Kevin Downey wrote: > On 1/30/07, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > I think I reached a first interesting milestone in my project > > to build an emulation layer to compile linux device drivers on FreeBSD. > > > > I managed to build a FreeBSD port of the linux 'gspca' driver (which claims > > to support 228 different webcams) with basically no modifications to > > the original source. So it would be good if someone could give a try > > to this code, either on -current or -stable, keeping in mind that > > this is NOT PRODUCTION READY yet. > > > > More details on how the thing works are at > > > > http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/linux_bsd_kld.html > > > > together of course with source code, and even binary modules > > for FreeBSD 6.2. > > Basically I would like to know how it builds/works on -current, > > have reports on cameras that work with it and those which don't > > and so on. The driver supports the Video4Linux API so it should > > be useful for a variety of applications. > > very cool. But how do you know if it works? what applications can be a good idea would be to read the 'Trying the drivers' section of the page above and do what it says there :) As for the list of application i cannot make one because i have no idea which ones apart from ekiga (which requires a patch on FreeBSD) and the pwcview mentioned in the page. cheers luigi