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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Marco Molteni <molter@tin.it>
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Subject: Re: writing a driver for the IBM ultraport camera (USB)
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On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 11:15:09AM +0200, Marco Molteni wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have got a nifty IBM ultraport camera. It is an USB device that can plug
> directly on the lid of IBM laptops.
>=20
> http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ProductDisplay?cntrfnbr=3D1=
&prmenbr=3D1&prnbr=3D04P6135&cntry=3D840&lang=3Den_US
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> The Windows device manager puts it under "Imaging devices", without any
> detail.
>=20
> There is a Linux driver at http://www.gutwin.org/cam/source/
>=20
> 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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