Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 3 Oct 2004 16:37:03 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Vladimir Dergachev <> | | Subject | Re: Merging DRM and fbdev |
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On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Jon Smirl wrote:
> How is the tuner controlled? Is it a V4L insterface?
No, the tuner is controlled via Xserver Xv extension. No V4L interface is provided for tuner control.
best
Vladimir Dergachev
> > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:59:38 -0400 (EDT), Vladimir Dergachev > <volodya@mindspring.com> wrote: >> Jon, this is a common misconception - GATOS km module *does* provide a v4l >> interface. >> >> What is different is that the device configuration (like setting the tuner >> or encoding) is done by Xserver. >> >> All km does is check whether the card can supply a v4l stream and, if so, >> it provides it. This is little different from a webcam driver, especially >> if a webcam has its own on/off switch. >> >> The misconception arises from the fact that many v4l programs were only >> made to work with bt848 cards - they would *not* work with webcams any >> more than they would work with km. >> >> best >> >> Vladimir Dergachev >> >>> >>> -- >>> Jon Smirl >>> jonsmirl@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal >>> Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us >>> Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more >>> http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dri-devel mailing list >>> Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel >>> >> > > > > -- > Jon Smirl > jonsmirl@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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