Re: [Spca50x-devs] Spca5xx driver need to change for July :)

[michel Xhaard <mxhaard@xxxxxxxx>]

Le Samedi 22 Avril 2006 17:35, Joel Crisp a écrit :
> Obviously, I would like to keep the SPCA name as that was the original
> camera chip series I wrote the driver for ;-), but that would really
> deprecate some of Michel's excellent work supporting the other models of
> camera.
I have some attachement to the SPCA story to :) and should preffer to keep the 
name nearest, something like :
 Universal Software Peripherical Camera Adaptator :) of course we can add V2
USPCA-V2 :)
> How many other webcam driver packages out there? Should we be considering a
> merge into or from the other drivers? As this package supports more and
> different chipsets, it makes less sense to have separate packages for other
> types of camera.
Don't know the future, but the next branch is set in a way that each chipset 
have a single interface to the core driver. That way it seem possible to add 
or remove chipset at compilation times.
> I also like Gerard's solution of suffix with a number, but I think that
> would be better done as part of the version number of the package.
>
> Cydergoth
>
> gerard klaver wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 23:37 +0200, michel Xhaard wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> We are at a corner. In july the v4l1 is dead and v4l2 should be set.
> >> Spca5xx work for kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x until now. For July i have to
> >> change only 2.6.x kernel should be supported with v4l2. After some
> >> discussion the decision is to provided in June the spca5xx-final with
> >> both kernel and start a new branch. Some people suggest i changed the
> >> spca5xx name. For the story i would like to follow the spca road :)  but
> >> ofcourse our module have nothing todo with Sunplus despite his name . So
> >> if you have some idea post to the list :)
> >> I suggest GLWD -> Generic Linux Webcams Driver
> >> Bests regards
> >
> > Sounds good, maybe adding a 1 completes the new name (GLWD1)?
> > So for the future other packages (or when package needs to be split) can
> > have GLWD2.

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Michel Xhaard
http://mxhaard.free.fr


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