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authorPaul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-11 18:28:08 +0000
committerPaul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-11 18:28:08 +0000
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Update the manual page to call more attention to the probe override flags.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=25724
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4
index 4eff0b8d8b33..9d880a71f330 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