I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
- it's not updated compared to upstream:
- there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
Are there any reasons why the upstream driver can't be resynced with the
kernel?
cu
Adrian
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:14:30AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
> - it's not updated compared to upstream:
> - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
>
> Are there any reasons why the upstream driver can't be resynced with the
> kernel?
No one has sent me patches :(
thanks,
greg k-h
Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
> I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
^^^^^^^
> - it's not updated compared to upstream:
Could you provide more details?
> - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the
mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver.
Regards,
Luca
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
>
> > I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
> ^^^^^^^
> > - it's not updated compared to upstream:
>
> Could you provide more details?
Sorry, my fault.
I confused this with a different driver.
> > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
>
> w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the
> mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver.
Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second
module for performance purposes.
What exactly does this mean?
Is it useful or not?
> Regards,
> Luca
cu
Adrian
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Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> > Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
> >
> > > I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
> > ^^^^^^^
> > > - it's not updated compared to upstream:
> >
> > Could you provide more details?
>
> Sorry, my fault.
> I confused this with a different driver.
>
> > > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
> >
> > w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the
>
> > mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver.
>
> Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second
> module for performance purposes.
>
> What exactly does this mean?
Frame decoding/decompression should be done in userspace, although you can
still download and use a separate kernel module.
>
> Is it useful or not?
Yes
Regards,
Luca
Le Jeudi 3 Mars 2005 16:29, Adrian Bunk a ?crit :
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> > Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
> > > I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
> >
> > ^^^^^^^
> >
> > > - it's not updated compared to upstream:
> >
> > Could you provide more details?
>
> Sorry, my fault.
> I confused this with a different driver.
>
> > > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
> >
> > w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in
> > the mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver.
>
> Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second
> module for performance purposes.
>
> What exactly does this mean?
>
> Is it useful or not?
>
> > Regards,
> > Luca
>
> cu
> Adrian
it is :)
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On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:58:33AM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote:
> > > Scrive Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>:
>...
> > > > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources
> > >
> > > w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the
> >
> > > mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver.
> >
> > Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second
> > module for performance purposes.
> >
> > What exactly does this mean?
>
> Frame decoding/decompression should be done in userspace, although you can
> still download and use a separate kernel module.
>...
If it's deprecated to do this in a kernel module, shouldn't at some time
the EXPORT_SYMBOL's for the decoding/decompression module be removed
from the kernel?
> Regards,
> Luca
cu
Adrian
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