Fix v4l/v4l2 compilation problems

Original commit message from CVS:
Fix v4l/v4l2 compilation problems

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3521b0b9..0981b9b4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -290,15 +290,36 @@ dnl this one is for hadess, no qcam when no nasm found
 ])
 
 dnl *** Video 4 Linux ***
+dnl for information about the header/define, see sys/v4l/gstv4lelement.h
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_V4L, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(V4L, [Video 4 Linux], v4lsrc v4lmjpegsrc v4lmjpegsink, [
-  AC_CHECK_DECL(VID_TYPE_MPEG_ENCODER, HAVE_V4L="yes", HAVE_V4L="no", [#include <linux/videodev.h>])
+  AC_CHECK_DECL(VID_TYPE_MPEG_ENCODER, HAVE_V4L="yes", HAVE_V4L="no", [
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#define _LINUX_TIME_H
+#include <linux/videodev.h>
+  ])
 ])
 
 dnl *** Video 4 Linux 2***
+dnl for information about the header/define, see sys/v4l2/gstv4l2element.h
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_V4L2, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(V4L2, [Video 4 Linux 2], v4l2src, [
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER(linux/videodev2.h, HAVE_V4L2="yes", HAVE_V4L2="no")
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([Checking for uptodate v4l2 installation])
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#define _LINUX_TIME_H
+#include <linux/videodev2.h>
+#if defined(V4L2_MAJOR_VERSION) || defined(V4L2_MINOR_VERSION)
+#error too early v4l2 version or no v4l2 at all
+#endif
+  ], [
+return 0;
+  ], [ HAVE_V4L2="yes" && AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+     [ HAVE_V4L2="no"  && AC_MSG_RESULT(no) &&
+       AC_CHECK_HEADER(linux/videodev2.h,
+                       [ AC_MSG_WARN([video4linux2 headers were found, but they're old. Please update v4l2 to compile the v4l2 plugins])],
+                       [ AC_MSG_WARN([video4linux2 was not found])])])
 ])
 
 dnl *** Video CD ***