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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:43:25 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Theodore Kilgore <kilgota@...ach.math.auburn.edu>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, libusb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>, hector@...cansoft.com,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	pbonzini@...hat.com, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Adam Baker <linux@...er-net.org.uk>
Subject: Re: USB mini-summit at LinuxCon Vancouver

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Theodore Kilgore wrote:
> -- moving the kernel webcam drivers out of the kernel and doing with these 
> cameras _everything_ including webcam function through libusb. I myself do 
> not have the imagination to be able to figure out how this could be done 
> without a rather humongous amount of work (for example, which streaming 
> apps that are currently available would be able to live with this?) but 
> unless I misunderstand what he was saying, Greg K-H seems to think that 
> this would be the best thing to do.

No, I never said that.  Or if I accidentally did, I do not think that is
the best thing to do at all, sorry for any confusion.

> Which one of these possibile approaches gets adopted is a policy issue 
> which I would consider is ultimately way above my pay grade.

As no one is being paid here, there are no "pay grades", so don't worry
about that :)

greg k-h
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