- ET61X[12]51 PC Camera Controllers
- Driver for Linux
- =================================
+ ET61X[12]51 PC Camera Controllers
+ Driver for Linux
+ =================================
- - Documentation -
+ - Documentation -
Index
1. Copyright
============
-Copyright (C) 2006 by Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it>
+Copyright (C) 2006-2007 by Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it>
2. Disclaimer
high compression quality (see also "Notes for V4L2 application developers"
paragraph);
- full support for the capabilities of every possible image sensors that can
- be connected to the ET61X[12]51 bridges, including, for istance, red, green,
+ be connected to the ET61X[12]51 bridges, including, for instance, red, green,
blue and global gain adjustments and exposure control (see "Supported
devices" paragraph for details);
- use of default color settings for sunlight conditions;
6. Module loading
=================
To use the driver, it is necessary to load the "et61x251" module into memory
-after every other module required: "videodev", "usbcore" and, depending on
-the USB host controller you have, "ehci-hcd", "uhci-hcd" or "ohci-hcd".
+after every other module required: "videodev", "v4l2_common", "compat_ioctl32",
+"usbcore" and, depending on the USB host controller you have, "ehci-hcd",
+"uhci-hcd" or "ohci-hcd".
Loading can be done as shown below:
Type: short array (min = 0, max = 64)
Syntax: <-1|n[,...]>
Description: Specify V4L2 minor mode number:
- -1 = use next available
- n = use minor number n
- You can specify up to 64 cameras this way.
- For example:
- video_nr=-1,2,-1 would assign minor number 2 to the second
- registered camera and use auto for the first one and for every
- other camera.
+ -1 = use next available
+ n = use minor number n
+ You can specify up to 64 cameras this way.
+ For example:
+ video_nr=-1,2,-1 would assign minor number 2 to the second
+ registered camera and use auto for the first one and for every
+ other camera.
Default: -1
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Name: force_munmap
Type: bool array (min = 0, max = 64)
Syntax: <0|1[,...]>
Description: Force the application to unmap previously mapped buffer memory
- before calling any VIDIOC_S_CROP or VIDIOC_S_FMT ioctl's. Not
- all the applications support this feature. This parameter is
- specific for each detected camera.
- 0 = do not force memory unmapping
- 1 = force memory unmapping (save memory)
+ before calling any VIDIOC_S_CROP or VIDIOC_S_FMT ioctl's. Not
+ all the applications support this feature. This parameter is
+ specific for each detected camera.
+ 0 = do not force memory unmapping
+ 1 = force memory unmapping (save memory)
Default: 0
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Name: frame_timeout
Type: uint array (min = 0, max = 64)
Syntax: <n[,...]>
Description: Timeout for a video frame in seconds. This parameter is
- specific for each detected camera. This parameter can be
- changed at runtime thanks to the /sys filesystem interface.
+ specific for each detected camera. This parameter can be
+ changed at runtime thanks to the /sys filesystem interface.
Default: 2
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Name: debug
Type: ushort
Syntax: <n>
Description: Debugging information level, from 0 to 3:
- 0 = none (use carefully)
- 1 = critical errors
- 2 = significant informations
- 3 = more verbose messages
- Level 3 is useful for testing only, when only one device
- is used at the same time. It also shows some more informations
- about the hardware being detected. This module parameter can be
- changed at runtime thanks to the /sys filesystem interface.
+ 0 = none (use carefully)
+ 1 = critical errors
+ 2 = significant informations
+ 3 = more verbose messages
+ Level 3 is useful for testing only, when only one device
+ is used at the same time. It also shows some more informations
+ about the hardware being detected. This module parameter can be
+ changed at runtime thanks to the /sys filesystem interface.
Default: 2
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[root@localhost #] echo 1 > i2c_reg
[root@localhost #] cat i2c_val
-Note that if the sensor registers can not be read, "cat" will fail.
+Note that if the sensor registers cannot be read, "cat" will fail.
To avoid race conditions, all the I/O accesses to the files are serialized.