Chris Pinnock wrote:

> /usr/include/sys and then patch the app to look for videodev.h in the 
> various places. Put the patch into pkgsrc and send it back to the original
> developers. (After all there may be other patches as well.)

The above would get my vote as well but I would also like to suggest to
look at what other *BSD systems do. If we can get a more unified BSD
approach to the placement of those header files, the authors of the
linux specific applications may be more inclined to accept patches.

Maybe "bsd-api-discuss@wasabisystems.com" mentioned in 

  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2001/08/21/0000.html

is the right place to ask?

ciao
     Klaus