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Date:      Thu, 16 May 2002 11:34:51 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To:        Marco Molteni <molter@tin.it>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: writing a driver for the IBM ultraport camera (USB)
Message-ID:  <20020516103451.GD14780@genius.tao.org.uk>
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On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 11:15:09AM +0200, Marco Molteni wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have got a nifty IBM ultraport camera. It is an USB device that can plug
> directly on the lid of IBM laptops.
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> http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ProductDisplay?cntrfnbr=3D1=
&prmenbr=3D1&prnbr=3D04P6135&cntry=3D840&lang=3Den_US
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> The only "technical" information in the documentation that comes with the
> camera is: IBM UltraPort camera II, USB, VGA. Then it says that the Windo=
ws
> driver is a TWAIN camera driver.
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> The Windows device manager puts it under "Imaging devices", without any
> detail.
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> There is a Linux driver at http://www.gutwin.org/cam/source/
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> I would like to write a driver for FreeBSD, using the Linux driver as a
> reference. Since I am new to USB programming, could you give me some hints
> on where to start? Is there an existing FreeBSD USB driver that I can use
> as a skeleton?

Please check the NetBSD sources too to see if they've already ported a
driver.

Joe

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