Hi Rett, On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:57, Rett D. Walters wrote: > Can anyone out there tell me what the best way to move to V4L2 is? Install the patches and compile the new drivers. Also, make sure your apps support v4l2 (xawtv, gstreamer, etc.). Recompile the apps as necessary. > I have seen various kernel patches and I am wondering if anyone out there > has a step-by-step recipe for patching the kernel for V4L2 capability. There's just one v4l2 patch (?). > I am also concerned about compatibility with older (V4L) drivers, such > as the one for the DC10+. Does V4L2 provide downward compatibility with > older drivers? Yes (v4l1-compat.o), but it doesn't work for the DC10+, because it uses v4l-extensions. The v4l2-zoran-driver supports both video4linux as well as video4linux2, though. Checkout the 'driver-zoran' module, branch 'ZORAN_VIDEODEV_2' from the CVS at http://sf.net/projects/mjpeg/ for details. Ronald
