I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
- it's not updated compared to upstream:
- version 1.64 is neither version 2 nor the latest 1.x version 1.65
- there's no *_decomp.c module in the kernel sources
Are there any reasons why the upstream driver can't be resynced with the
kernel?
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Adrian
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:48:13 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> - there's no *_decomp.c module in the kernel sources
If I remember correctly people are bit uneasy about putting
decompression of proprietary codecs into to the kernel.
See
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04778.html
Every kernel release I end up building an external module just to get my
OV518 usb webcam to work. (It requires decompression support) Not cool.
> Are there any reasons why the upstream driver can't be resynced with the
> kernel?
I think ovcamchip is from the development branch, but ov511 is from the
stable branch. Not sure about that. Best bet is contact Mark McClelland
(maintainer) here:
mmcclell <atsign> calpoly.edu
or mark <atsign> alpha.dyndns.org
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:48:13PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> I noticed the following regarding the drivers/usb/media/ov511.c driver:
> - it's not updated compared to upstream:
> - version 1.64 is neither version 2 nor the latest 1.x version 1.65
> - there's no *_decomp.c 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 :(
greg k-h