Bug#584658: linux-image-2.6.32-3-686-bigmem: gspca module return invalid v4l2_buffer's timestamp

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 02:55:42PM +0400, Andrey Nikitin wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-9
> Severity: normal
> Tags: squeeze
> 
> v4l2 API says about struct v4l2_buffer timestamp value:
>   "For input streams this is the system time (as returned by the gettimeofday() function)
>    when the first data byte was captured."
> 
> gspca devica capture (v4l2, mmap, qbuf/dqbuf)
> frame_nr   timestamp sec:usec
> --------   ------------------
>        1   4980:319
>        2   4980:319
>        3   4980:383
>        4   4980:479
>        5   4980:543
>        6   4980:639
>        7   4980:703
>        8   4980:799
>        9   4980:863
>       10   4980:927
> 
> 4980 sec = 1970 year.

Please report this bug upstream at the upstream bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org), so that it can be investigated/
fixed upstream in the documentation and/or implementation.

Once done, please add the bug number to this bug.

Cheers,
        Moritz