2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/libv4l1.c b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/libv4l1.c
index 39f2d29e0..797c8768a 100644
--- a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/libv4l1.c
+++ b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/libv4l1.c
@@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ int v4l1_open (const char *file, int oflag, ...)
   struct v4l2_format fmt2;
   struct v4l2_input input2;
   struct v4l2_standard standard2;
+  int v4l_device = 0;
+
+  /* check if we're opening a video4linux2 device */
+  if (!strncmp(file, "/dev/video", 10) || !strncmp(file, "/dev/v4l/", 9)) {
+    /* Some apps open the device read only, but we need rw rights as the
+       buffers *MUST* be mapped rw */
+    oflag = (oflag & ~O_ACCMODE) | O_RDWR;
+    v4l_device = 1;
+  }
 
   /* original open code */
   if (oflag & O_CREAT)
@@ -276,11 +285,7 @@ int v4l1_open (const char *file, int oflag, ...)
     fd = syscall(SYS_open, file, oflag);
   /* end of original open code */
 
-  if (fd == -1)
-    return fd;
-
-  /* check if we're opening a video4linux2 device */
-  if (strncmp(file, "/dev/video", 10) && strncmp(file, "/dev/v4l/", 9))
+  if (fd == -1 || !v4l_device)
     return fd;
 
   /* check that this is an v4l2 device, no need to emulate v4l1 on
diff --git a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/log.c b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/log.c
index 74ce0f20b..9ff0cea46 100644
--- a/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/log.c
+++ b/v4l2-apps/lib/libv4l/libv4l1/log.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static const char *v4l1_ioctls[] = {
 void v4l1_log_ioctl(unsigned long int request, void *arg, int result)
 {
   const char *ioctl_str = "unknown";
+  char buf[40];
 
   if (!v4l1_log_file)
     return;
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ void v4l1_log_ioctl(unsigned long int request, void *arg, int result)
 
   if (_IOC_TYPE(request) == 'v' && _IOC_NR(request) < ARRAY_SIZE(v4l1_ioctls))
     ioctl_str = v4l1_ioctls[_IOC_NR(request)];
+  else {
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "unknown request: %c %d\n",
+      (int)_IOC_TYPE(request), (int)_IOC_NR(request));
+    ioctl_str = buf;
+  }
 
   fprintf(v4l1_log_file, "request == %s\n", ioctl_str);