git: 0852836136 - main - Satus/2024Q3/uvc.adoc: Add report
Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=0852836136ce61587f25f36f68fbdedf747ac867 commit 0852836136ce61587f25f36f68fbdedf747ac867 Author: Li-Wen Hsu <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2024-11-06 17:47:05 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2024-11-06 18:39:22 +0000 Satus/2024Q3/uvc.adoc: Add report Reviewed by: status (Pau Amma <[email protected]>) Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/437 --- .../en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..58edec0b56 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +=== FreeBSD V4L2 & kernel USB Video Class driver + +Links: + +link:https://github.com/AlvinChen1028/freebsd-src/tree/feature-uvc[Public development repository] URL: link:https://github.com/AlvinChen1028/freebsd-src/tree/feature-uvc[] + +link:https://github.com/lwhsu/freebsd-src/pull/2[Upstreaming preparation repository] URL: link:https://github.com/lwhsu/freebsd-src/pull/2[] + + +Contact: Alvin Chen <[email protected]> + +Contact: Li-Wen Hsu <[email protected]> + +This work is to create FreeBSD UVC (USB Video Class) kernel driver and follow v4l2 APIs, so that most of the Linux camera applications can be easily ported to FreeBSD. + +The code is still cleaning up and will be submitted to official review after completing. + +Current Status: + +1. The key functions of the UVC driver are enabled. +2. The key v4l2 IOCTLs are implemented. +3. Support most of USB cameras (up to 4K resolution): Jabra, Logitech, etc. +4. Some applications validated: VLC, Cheese, pwcview. + +Future Work: + +1. A couple of v4l2 IOCTLs need be implemented: make all cases in v4l2-compliance test suite be passed. +2. Some UVC APIs need be implemented: uvc control mapping callbacks, etc. +3. UVC lock issue related to USB. +4. PCI based AI camera supporting. +5. Code refactoring if needed. + +Sponsor: Dell Technologies for the development + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation for assistance of upstreaming