Re: Call for Testers: FreeBSD webcam driver (and more)

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.

This is an Intel 'Create and Share' Camera Model No. CS330.

[root_at_moby gspcav1-20070110]$ tail /var/log/messages
Jan 31 09:44:48 <kern.crit> moby kernel: usb_spca5xx_init: gspca driver
01.00.12 registered
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev0: <vendor 0x0733 product
0x0401, class 0/0, rev 1.00/0.90, addr 2> on uhub2
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev_attach: sc at 0xc5f88000,
l_u_d at 0xc5f88058
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: --- allocate 191 bytes gives
0xc5f8e500
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: interface 0 has 8 altsettings (cur
0)
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: gspca_attach_bridge: USB SPCA5XX
camera found. (SPCA501 )
Jan 31 09:46:19 <kern.crit> moby kernel: spca5xx_probe: [spca5xx_probe:3976]
Camera type YUYV
Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: spca5xx_getcapability:
[spca5xx_getcapability:1182] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 160 minh 120
Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: 615548232 [ 878]
video_register_device: to be fixed but ok for now
Jan 31 09:46:20 <kern.crit> moby kernel: ldev0: vendor 0x0733 product
0x0401, rev 1.00/0.90, addr 2

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Mark Atkinson
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