Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] [PATCH] Add USE_CURRENT_HARDWARE_SIZE hint

[Derek Smithies <derek indranet co nz>]

Damien, all,

 I am sorry, I have extended this thread into a flame against video
 driver writers.

You see, the real problem is video driver writers who produce drivers
that fail to meet the v4l spec.


Derek.
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Damien Sandras wrote:

> Let's stop this thread. That is the second time a thread with you
> degenerates in sort of a flame on this mailing list. 
> I'll ignore futher mails, sorry but I have better things to do than to
> repeat myself, and I've already explained several times the problems as
> I was seeing them with your patch.
> 
> Le lun 22/09/2003 à 14:41, Chris Rankin a écrit :
> > But you still think that I should recompile as UP for
> > the sake of the pcwx module? This would "logically"
> > remove the second CPU, if not physically. It's not as
> > if an SMP version of pcwx has been provided, and
> > there's no reason to suppose that it is safe to load
> > the UP version into an SMP kernel. If it works for you
> > then you are "lucky", nothing more.
> > 
> > The pcwx is an optional, non-GPL, binary-only module
> > that will taint the kernel. Any one of these is a good
> > reason not to load it. It is definitely not a good
> > idea to hold pwc users hostage to it, which is
> > basically what you're suggesting. Especially when
> > gnomemeeting is more than capable of running without
> > it.
> > 
> > However, I do agree that the pwc module should be
> > modifed to report its capabilities more accurately
> > when the decompressor is not loaded. But how long do
> > you reckon it will be before any modified pwc module
> > will be picked up by all the Linux distributors? I
> > suspect that modified pwlib packages will be available
> > a lot sooner.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
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