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Re: .h files
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:16:14PM +0100, Dirk H?nniger wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>
> >Only the public interfaces are documented, as that is what is needed.
> >You don't have to document each individual driver in this format, as
> >there really isn't that many people that care about this.
> >
> >
> I still would like to do this, especially for the webcam stuff. I
> think, this could make userspace application development more
> convenient, especially for less experienced developers. May I work on that?
You mean the ioctls for the v4l interface? Sure, feel free to document
those, that would be great.
> > make psdocs
> > then look at Documentation/DocBook/usb.ps
> >
> >
> I looked at it, it is very usefull for driver development.
> But I think it is not useful if you need to access a specific device
> from user interface, since it only provides very generic "low level"
> functions.
It is not intended for the user interface, you are correct.
thanks,
greg k-h
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