patch-2.4.7 linux/Documentation/video4linux/w9966.txt

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• Date: Wed Jul 4 14:41:33 2001
• Orig file: v2.4.6/linux/Documentation/video4linux/w9966.txt
• Orig date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969

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+W9966 Camera driver, written by Jakob Kemi (jakob.kemi@post.utfors.se)
+
+Ok, after a lot of work in softice, wdasm, reading pdf-files
+and trial-and-error work I've finally got everything to work.
+Since I needed some vision for a robotics project I borrowed
+this camera from a friend and started hacking. Anyway I've
+converted my original code from the AVR 8bit RISC C/asm
+into a working linux driver. I would really appreciate _any_
+kind of feedback regarding this driver.
+
+To get it working quickly configure your kernel
+to support parport, ieee1284, video4linux, experimental drivers
+and w9966
+
+If w9966 is statically linked it will perform aggressive probing
+for the camera. If built as a module you'll have more configuration options.
+
+Options:
+modprobe w9966.o pardev=parport0(or whatever) parmode=0 (0=auto, 1=ecp, 2=epp)
+ 
+voila!
+
+you can also type 'modinfo -p w9966.o' for option usage
+(or checkout w9966.c)
+
+I've only tested it with custom built testprograms
+(http://hem.fyristorg.com/mogul/w9966.html) and with gqcam.
+(you'll need to tweak the code to qcam a bit to make it work,
+dimensions and such)
+
+The slow framerate is due to missing DMA ECP read support in the 
+parport drivers. I might add working EPP support later.
+
+Good luck!
+
+    /Jakob