Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:49:37 +0100 (BST) Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:64179 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20045064AbWHKTtf (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:49:35 +0100 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7BK9i4G004373; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:09:44 +0100 Received: (from alan@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k7BK9iNY004372; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:09:44 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: alan set sender to alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk using -f Subject: Re: [PATCH] Image capturing driver for Basler eXcite smart camera From: Alan Cox To: Thomas Koeller Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: <200608102318.04512.thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> References: <200608102318.04512.thomas.koeller@baslerweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:09:43 +0100 Message-Id: <1155326983.24077.119.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 12300 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Ar Iau, 2006-08-10 am 23:18 +0200, ysgrifennodd Thomas Koeller: > This is a driver used for image capturing by the Basler eXcite smart camera > platform. drivers/media/video and the Video4Linux2 API deal with image capture in Linux. It provides a common API for video and thus image capture. Any reason that interface is not suitable. Alan