diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index aaeae8d..cd0986a 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Welcome to the FacetimeHD linux driver wiki! -The goal of this project is to write a Linux driver for the FacetimeHD (Broadcom 0x1570) PCIe webcam. +This repository contains a Linux driver for the Apple FacetimeHD PCIe webcams. ## Issues and discussion There is no mailing list for the driver but some discussions take place at #facetimehd on irc.freenode.net @@ -29,11 +29,4 @@ See [Getting Started](Get-Started) for instructions on driver installation and u * Due to a bug in cpio 2.11 the firmware download script doesn't work. cpio 2.12 or later is required. (See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318084) * The driver will complain about 1871_01XX.dat (or similarly named) files missing. This error can be ignored. The .dat files contains sensor calibration settings that will improve image quality. The error looks something like this: ```Direct firmware load for facetimehd/1871_01XX.dat failed with error -2```. Ignore it. -* No /dev/video0 device appears after loading the module. This can be because the bdc_pci module is already loaded. Make sure you unload or blacklist bdc_pci before loading the facetimehd module: ```modprobe -r bdc_pci```. - -### How can I help? -* Code contributions are welcome. -* Test the driver and report any issues - -An outline of getting the web cam working in an OS X VM using QEMU.
-[http://chrisrjones.com/articles/How-to-get-the-broadcom-pci-1570-web-cam-working-in-Linux-using-qemu-with-OS-X-VM](http://chrisrjones.com/articles/How-to-get-the-broadcom-pci-1570-web-cam-working-in-Linux-using-qemu-with-OS-X-VM) \ No newline at end of file +* No /dev/video0 device appears after loading the module. This can be because the bdc_pci module is already loaded. Make sure you unload or blacklist bdc_pci before loading the facetimehd module: ```modprobe -r bdc_pci```. \ No newline at end of file