Bug 104327

Summary:	pwc driver too old
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	peter czanik <peter>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Andreas Jaeger <aj>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Beta 1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description peter czanik 2005-08-12 07:47:01 UTC

The Philips WebCam driver in beta1 is too old. dmesg says, it's 9.0.2:

pwc: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
pwc Philips webcam module version 9.0.2-unofficial loaded.
pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 &
PCVC830/840.
pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10
and MPC-C30,
pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and
VCS-UM100.
usbcore: registered new driver Philips webcam

A new, 10.0.7 version is available at:

http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/

Ps: I don't have this webcam, a user from the Hungarian SuSE mailing list
pointed me to this page...

Comment 3 Andreas Jaeger 2005-08-12 10:39:21 UTC

We take the version from the official Linux kernel. This patch should be
integrated into the official kernel.