Re: [PATCH] bw-qcam: Adds module parameter 'aggressive' to skip polite auto-detection prior to direct initialization.

["Brett Warden" <brett.warden@gmail.com>]

Sorry, forgot to copy back to the lists.

On Dec 5, 2007 8:49 AM, Brett Warden <brett.warden@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007 4:46 PM, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Someone still has a bw-qcam device ?
>
> Yes. I haven't found a better option for very-low-light, although I
> admit I haven't looked in a long while. The last one I tried was an
> OV518+, but of course that driver seems to have been abandoned.
>
> > The status polling ought to be rock solid - what values do you see ?
>
> It has been as high as 94-96, but after being connected, powered, and
> used for a while, it drops sometimes into the 40s, but has even been
> as low as 8-14. When it's that low, it never comes back up until
> either I disconnect/reconnect the power, or I force the driver to
> initialize it through this hack. Even after trying that again just
> now, it's ranging from 24-33.
>
> --
> Brett Warden
>



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Brett Warden