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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..23093b563a85 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/qcam.4 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.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. |