Re: Porting a linux video (tv card) driver to OSKit

• To: Ian Braithwaite <idb@kalman.iau.dtu.dk>
• Subject: Re: Porting a linux video (tv card) driver to OSKit
• From: Alastair Reid <reid@cs.utah.edu>
• Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 03:37:34 -0600
• cc: oskit-users@cs.utah.edu
• In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:30:25 +0200." <199908240630.IAA07635@kalman.iau.dtu.dk>
• Sender: owner-oskit-users@fast.cs.utah.edu

> I'm wondering now how hard it would be to port the Linux bttv video grabber
> driver. I must admit I'm a bit overwhelmed just trying to see how much
> needs to be done. Somehow I have to compare what the OSKit linux driver
> encapsulation provides, with what the new driver expects.
> 
> Does anybody have an immediate feel for how much work is involved in
> porting this driver?

I have no feel for it but I have a vague memory that the Linux bttv
driver is derived from the FreeBSD driver so there might be some value
in digging out the original and using the FreeBSD glue code - avoiding
the FreeBSD<->Linux conversion code in the bttv driver.

If you are using the FreeBSD derived version, it ought to be obvious
enough in the copyrights.

Alastair

• Re: Porting a linux video (tv card) driver to OSKit
• From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>

• Porting a linux video (tv card) driver to OSKit
• From: Ian Braithwaite <idb@kalman.iau.dtu.dk>

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