Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcus Metzler <> | Date | Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:46:38 +0200 | Subject | v4l device in userspace |
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>>>>> "Salvatore" == Salvatore Sanfilippo <antirez@gmail.com> writes:
Salvatore> Hello, I'm trying to implement a v4l device driver for Salvatore> symbian based smart phones. In theory it is very Salvatore> simple:
Salvatore> I've a little program running in the phone, capturing Salvatore> images from the camera and sending it to the linux box Salvatore> via bluetooth.
Salvatore> In the linux box side, I've a deamon capturing this Salvatore> images (via a bluetooth SP channel), and.... I've to Salvatore> pass the images to a fake v4l device driver that Salvatore> actually gets the images form userspace.
Salvatore> Basically I've to pass by the kernel just for the Salvatore> interface, and not to do real kernel-side work (like to Salvatore> access to the some kind of hardware).
Salvatore> So I've some questions ( thanks in advance for any Salvatore> reply).
Salvatore> 1) What's the best way to pass relatively high-band Salvatore> data between the v4l fake driver and userspace? A char Salvatore> device will do the work? ioctl?
Salvatore> 2) What about some way to handle ioctl directly from Salvatore> userspace? Given this support I may implement the whole Salvatore> code in userspace. And I guess there are a lot of Salvatore> other real world problems that can be handled in Salvatore> userspace given the ability to handle ioctl from there.
Salvatore> If you think 2) is reasonable I may actually implement Salvatore> some simple form of generic char driver that just Salvatore> allows userspace programs to handle read/write/ioctl Salvatore> opreations, and then use this to fix my real issue.
Salvatore> Thank you very much for the help, and sorry if there is Salvatore> something conceptually wrong in my questions.
Sounds like you should take a look at the v4l loopback device (http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/VideoFourLinuxLoopbackDevice). Otherwise it may be better to ask the question on the v4l mailing list (https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list).
Anyway, since you already capture the video, why do you have to pipe it through a v4l device?
Marcus
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