OV96xx Linux driver

A very limited beta version is integrated in Armadeus public tree.

Ressources

OV9640

• Marek Vasut's blog: OV9640 hacking on Palm:
  • Part 1
  • Part 2 ->
  • Part 3 -> http://marex.hackndev.com/OV96xx/0001-OV96xx-soc-camera-driver.patch
• Resulting Mainline patch ?:
  • http://lwn.net/Articles/352829/
• Patch proposal on linux-media:
  • 1rst try ? http://osdir.com/ml/linux-media/2009-08/msg00569.html
  • 2nd try ? http://osdir.com/ml/linux-media/2009-09/msg00580.html
• OV9640 Patch was finally integrated in Linux 2.6.33:
  • http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8d64827172ae680d34d0611a1e865b546e6a5f08

OV965x

• V4L/DVB (13490): gspca - ov534: Add controls for sensor ov965x (init params):
  • http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c22c4a20a6ac7b10e43eab6963f941795c5e92aa

Usage

• Supposing soc_camera host driver is already loaded (eg mx27_camera):

# modprobe ov96xx