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  • Complex Cameras Micro-conference in LPC and Debian

    From Ricardo Ribalda Delgado@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 18 15:10:01 2024
    Hi

    I am Ricardo, a newbie DD, and a kernel camera developer. Last year I
    made a presentation about complex cameras in the Cambridge MiniDebconf
    [1]:

    There is a big number of cameras that are not supported by Debian and
    that number grows everyday [2][3]. In phones it is almost impossible to
    find a phone with a working camera upstream.

    The current camera situation mirrors the graphics card from a decade
    ago: vendors and upstream efforts are disconnected, leaving distros
    and users struggling.

    I am co-organizing a conference during Linux Plumbers to address this
    issue [4]: The plan is that vendors, distros, media maintainers and
    DRM maintainers sit on the same table and collaborate.

    I strongly believe Debian's participation in this conference is
    crucial. We need to make sure that whatever solution is implemented by
    the vendors can also be used by our users.

    I was wondering how many people are interested in this topic (I guess
    the kernel team?), and what is needed for someone in the project to
    talk on behalf of the project.

    I can share my point of view as DD and what I understand are the
    licensing requirements for a package to exist in our distro... but
    there is probably a better person to represent Debian than me. Plus I
    am already representing another distro, ChromeOS (my employer).

    Best regards!

    [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2023/MiniDebConfCambridge/Ribalda [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntelMIPICamera
    [3] https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2023/schedule/the-arm-laptop-project/
    [4] https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1679/

    ---
    Ricardo

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  • From Ricardo Ribalda Delgado@21:1/5 to ben@decadent.org.uk on Wed Jun 19 11:10:02 2024
    Hi Ben

    On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

    On Tue, 2024-06-18 at 15:06 +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:

    [...]
    I am co-organizing a conference during Linux Plumbers to address this
    issue [4]: The plan is that vendors, distros, media maintainers and
    DRM maintainers sit on the same table and collaborate.
    [...]

    I was wondering how many people are interested in this topic (I guess
    the kernel team?), and what is needed for someone in the project to
    talk on behalf of the project.
    [...]

    I will be attending Plumbers remotely but haven't had a specific
    interest in this topic. What kind of input do you think will be needed
    from us?

    The goal is that during the MC we explore different software stacks.

    It will be very useful if someone from the project could comment on the stacks: - Do they follow the Openness requirement/ Debian Social Contract?
    - Technical challenges of the stack
    - Stack preferences


    It would be ideal if someone with experience with the nvidia drivers, mesa...

    Thanks!






    Ben.

    --
    Ben Hutchings
    friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway.


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  • From PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 19 11:30:01 2024
    It will be very useful if someone from the project could comment on the stacks:
    - Do they follow the Openness requirement/ Debian Social Contract?
    - Technical challenges of the stack
    - Stack preferences

    You can find here a stack dedicated to scientific cameras.

    https://lima1.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

    and the in developpement next version

    https://limagroup.gitlab-pages.esrf.fr/lima2/

    most european synchrotrons are using this library (which is not yet in Debian).

    Cheers

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