Hi all,
I am writing because I have a video capture card based on the MV9200
chip, which currently does not have a Linux driver, and I would like
to remedy that situation.
I'll bet you can guess how responsive the company behind the MV9200
has been when asked for Linux drivers or hardware documentation.
I googled for a Windows driver, and the archive I found contained the
binary Windows driver AND its source code! I couldn't believe my luck.
Now I'm not sure how to proceed because I'm not sure of the copyright
status of the code, and I don't know if that even matters. I grepped
through the source code for 'copyright' and found three instances:
1. The .rc file for the accompanying windows application (as distinct
from the driver) contains a "Copyright (C) 2007" string.
2. The .inf file for the driver contains a "Copyright (c) 1991-2004
VastVision Corporation" string.
3. The header file Command.h in the driver source code contains a
"Copyright (C) 2000 - 2002 by Eduardo Jos?Tagle" string.
The final one intrigued me. The beginning of that file contains the
following comment:
/*
Command.hpp: Part of the WDM Video Capture Driver for Bt848
based video capture cards
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2002 by Eduardo Jos?Tagle.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
What are my options for creating a Linux driver for this hardware?
Thank you,
Eric Anopolsky
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