From 2b3cb4f37be5751dad671cd777ad3ca0eb73b767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kieran Bingham Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:42:05 +0100 Subject: readme: Move index page content to README Move the introduction content from the index.rst to the README.rst so that it can also be found quickly from the top level. Include the README.rst directly into the index.rst to continue serving it as the front page material. Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart --- README.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.rst') diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 9a8261ac..0f64e076 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ **A complex camera support library for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS** +Cameras are complex devices that need heavy hardware image processing +operations. Control of the processing is based on advanced algorithms that must +run on a programmable processor. This has traditionally been implemented in a +dedicated MCU in the camera, but in embedded devices algorithms have been moved +to the main CPU to save cost. Blurring the boundary between camera devices and +Linux often left the user with no other option than a vendor-specific +closed-source solution. + +To address this problem the Linux media community has very recently started +collaboration with the industry to develop a camera stack that will be +open-source-friendly while still protecting vendor core IP. libcamera was born +out of that collaboration and will offer modern camera support to Linux-based +systems, including traditional Linux distributions, ChromeOS and Android. + +Getting Started +--------------- + To build and install: :: -- cgit v1.2.1