Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:27:37 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Thomas Koeller <thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com>
Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C9ric?= Piel <Eric.Piel@lifl.fr>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
       linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Image capturing driver for Basler eXcite smart camera
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On Thu 17-08-06 22:30:30, Thomas Koeller wrote:
> On Thursday 17 August 2006 17:31, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Well, I guess v4l api will need to be improved, then. That is still
> > not a reason to introduce completely new api...
> 
> The API as implemented by the driver I submitted is very minimalistic,
> because it is just a starting point. There's more to be added in future,
> like controlling flashes, interfacing to line-scan cameras clocked by
> incremental encodes attached to some conveyor, and other stuff which
> is common in industrial image processing applications. You really do


If it is _common_, we definitely need an API. We do not want the next
driver to reinvent it from scratch, right?
-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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