From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 3 11:50:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9136F1065692; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 634748FC1C; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:50:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4522E7E818; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:50:29 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:50:15 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA3; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <4A9EB91C.4060203@icyb.net.ua> <20090903081015.GA2343@current.Sisis.de> <20090903085446.GG82548@bsdcrew.de> In-Reply-To: <20090903085446.GG82548@bsdcrew.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200909031350.15575.mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Martin Wilke Subject: V4bsd (Was: Re: skype 2.1 beta for linux) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:50:18 -0000 On Thursday 03 September 2009 10:54:46 Martin Wilke wrote: > Also that's not a problem from Skype, FreeBSD need a v4l(v4bsd)... Without getting into the nitty gritty of USB/PCI, what does a camera really do? Power on/off and send a stream of pictures in format X? I've never understood why it is so complex, that v4l needs a second release to get to a somewhat acceptable API. -- Mel