From 5921bac48c438bb0aeb6eafd5d9ac92c416c1b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pst Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 18:28:08 +0000 Subject: Update the manual page to call more attention to the probe override flags. --- share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'share/man') diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 index 4eff0b8..9d880a7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: qcam.4,v 1.4.4.2 1997/03/07 03:08:24 mpp Exp $ .\" .Dd Feburary 1, 1996 .Dt QCAM 4 i386 @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ .Nm qcam .Nd Connectix QuickCam(TM) parallel port camera driver .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd device qcam0 at isa? at "IO_LPT1" conflicts +.Cd device qcam0 at isa? at "IO_LPT1" conflicts flags 0x0001 .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm qcam -driver provides support for a Connectix +driver provides support for a black and white Connectix .Tn QuickCam camera. It allows one to utilize all known modes, and may support as many cameras as there are parallel ports available. @@ -24,12 +24,21 @@ of a camera. .Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION The .Nm -driver can share the same port with the lpt driver, however it is -reccommended that the lpt driver be configured for polled operation -if this sharing is to be done. -The auto-detection code for the camera is reported to -be flakey at times. Until this is resolved, it may be bypassed by -by adding "flags 1" to your kernel configuration. +driver can share the same port with the lpt driver, however you should +configure the lpt driver for polled operation using the +.Xr lptcontrol 8 +program if you would like to be able to swap the +.Tn QuickCam +and printer without rebooting. The +.Nm +driver itself does not rely on and will not conflict with the lpt +driver. + +The auto-detection code for the camera is notoriously flakey at +times. Until this is resolved, it may be overridden to force the +driver to always believe a +.Nm qcam +is attached by adding "flags 0x1" to your kernel configuration line. .Sh IOCTLS The following .Xr ioctl 2 @@ -63,6 +72,7 @@ accessed as a read-only character device None. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr qcamcontrol 1 +.Xr lptcontrol 8 .br The QuickCam reverse engineering project, http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/ .Sh HISTORY @@ -74,13 +84,19 @@ driver is new to The driver spin-waits in the kernel, which means on large transfers, the system will be chewing down a lot of time. Doing full motion video at 320x240 is not reccomended until this is fixed. - +.Pp The driver's auto-detection code for finding a camera on a parallel port is not reliable on all hardware. See the note above for bypass information. +.Pp +The driver does not support Color +.Tn QuickCam +devices. .Sh AUTHOR The .Nm -driver was written by Paul Traina borrowing heavily +driver was written by +.An Paul Traina +borrowing heavily from code written by Thomas Davis, Scott Laird, Paul Chinn, and additional work done by Russel Nelson. .Sh TRADEMARK -- cgit v1.1