[Fwd: Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Patch for v4l2 - removing multiple buffers, please review and test.]



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DS> Nicolas, is the druid also freezing for you with your driver?

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Sorry to bug you, but my name is spelt with no "s" at the end. Just Nicola, the Italian way! :) Thanks!
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DS> Actually, all what it is doing is opening the device and closing it 5
DS> times in a row. If it freezes, it could indicate a bug in the driver.

We should report that to Luca.

DS> That's the purpose of the test actually because many drivers are not
DS> stress-tested and the druid is stress-testing them :)

Just checked, it freezes!



DS> Le jeudi 04 novembre 2004 à 01:24 +0100, Heikki Henriksen a écrit :
DS> > Hello guys and gals.
DS> > 
DS> > I had some problems getting my really cheap sn9c102-based webcam to
DS> > function with the otherwise fine work of Nicola Orru' on pwlib's
DS> > V4L2-plugin.
DS> > 
DS> > After some debugging and a (very short) time trying to figure out the
DS> > V4L2-API, I found that my cheap camera didn't handle mmap with multiple
DS> > buffers. I dug around a bit and discovered that the normal V4L-plugin
DS> > only use one buffer for mmap, so I decided to try this for V4L2 as well.

I didn't touch that parameter, it came from the original V4L2 author.

DS> > 
DS> > I cleaned it up a bit, removed all references to multiple buffers and it
DS> > As far as I can tell, 2 things still needs to be done with the
DS> > V4L2-plugin: 
DS> > - better device-detection, which Nicola is working on

Definitely, I should be able to do that this weekend.

DS> > - "Test Settings" in the druid hangs indefinitely. Someone(tm) needs to
DS> > look into which functions that needs.

(it is still frozen)

DS> > 
DS> > Now I need to get back to my Master's thesis on the semantic web :)

Good luck!

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