From 194e5853945f66de17f5045f859e0d52bc82a9af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li-Wen Hsu Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 13:39:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add 2024Q3 UVC report --- .../en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/content/en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc 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 00000000000..b771b936d1f --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/uvc.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +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 + +Contact: Li-Wen Hsu + +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