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Date:      Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:56:51 +0200
From:      Nick Kostirya <nikolay.kostirya@i11.co>
To:        Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does Camera Module with OV5640 Chip worked on ARM FreeBSD 12.1
Message-ID:  <20191129155651.12189b11@thinkpad>
In-Reply-To: <20191127202058.GA91514@bluezbox.com>
References:  <20191126101301.5cb6c6df@thinkpad> <20191127202058.GA91514@bluezbox.com>

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:20:58 -0800
Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> wrote:

> Nick Kostirya via freebsd-arm (freebsd-arm@freebsd.org) wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > Could you tell me, please?
> > Does Camera Module with OV5640 Chip work on ARM FreeBSD 12.1?
> > It's DVP interface camera, not USB.
> > If so, what is needed for this?
> > 
> > https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=78&product_id=155  
> 
> I don't think we have required drivers for this. Several things
> are required to make it work:
>     - Driver for the OV5640 chip, ususally it's controlled over I2C
>     - Driver for the SoC block that handles actual pixel data path. For
>       this product it's DVP, the other common interface is MIPI/CSI. This
>       driver needs to be visible to userland as V4L2 device
>       (/dev/videoN). It also needs to have some glue code to talk to the OV5640
>       (or any other sensor) driver to control the sensor parameters.
>     
> As far as I know FreeBSD doesn't have support for neither of these things at
> the moment.

Thanks.
I will look at USB cameras.



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