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This section presents basic concepts related to camera drivers and V4L2 controls:

* The section [[RidgeRun_Linux_Camera_Drivers/Understanding_Camera_Drivers_and_V4L2_Controls/What_is_a_driver?|What is a driver?]] shows the concept of a device driver and the types, also explains what is a device tree.

* The section [[RidgeRun_Linux_Camera_Drivers/Understanding_Camera_Drivers_and_V4L2_Controls/Understanding_Camera_Drivers_and_Interfaces|Understanding Camera Drivers and Interfaces]] presents details about the software layers involved in a camera driver.

* The section [[RidgeRun_Linux_Camera_Drivers/Understanding_Camera_Drivers_and_V4L2_Controls/Exploring_V4L2_Controls|Exploring V4L2 Controls]] presents the basic concepts of the two perspectives of the V4L2 controls, how a specific parameter is configured and also as an user, how that parameter is used.

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