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+.Dd Feburary 1, 1996
+.Dt SD 4
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm qcam
+.Nd Connectix QuickCam(TM) parallel port camera driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd device qcam0 at isa? at "IO_LPT1" conflicts
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm qcam
+driver provides support for a Connectix
+.Tn QuickCam
+camera. It allows one to utilize all known modes, and may support
+as many cameras as there are parallel ports available.
+.Pp
+When the
+.Tn parallel\ ports
+are probed during boot, the port will be scanned for the presence
+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.
+.Sh IOCTLS
+The following
+.Xr ioctl 2
+calls apply to
+.Tn QuickCam
+devices.
+They are defined in the header file
+.Aq Pa qcam.h .
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width QC_GET
+.It Dv QC_GET
+Read, from the kernel, the current configuration and status
+information about camera.
+.It Dv QC_SET
+Configure the camera for various operating modes. Image size,
+resolution, zoom, and luminosity controls are available.
+.Sh NOTES
+If the camera is not found at boot time, the
+.Nm
+driver will not be available for use.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/qcamX -compact
+.It Pa /dev/qcam Ns Ar u
+raw mode
+.Tn QuickCam
+camera unit
+.Ar u ,
+accessed as a read-only character device
+.El
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+None.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr qcamcontrol 8
+.br
+The QuickCam reverse engineering project, http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver is new to
+.Tn FreeBSD .
+.Sh AUTHOR
+The
+.Nm
+driver was written by Paul Traina borrowing heavily
+from code written by Thomas Davis, Scott Laird, Paul Chinn, and additional
+work done by Russel Nelson.
+.Sh TRADEMARK
+QuickCam is a registered trademark of Connectix Inc.