Bug 146536

Summary:	The pwc driver does not work
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz <forgotten_55iwwMllzz>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	E-mail List <kernel-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	denis_forveille, hbketteler, hi-du
Version:	Beta 2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
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Found By:	Beta-Customer	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
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Description Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-01-30 01:13:18 UTC

The pwc module included in kernel 2.6.16 is version 9.0.2 and has a major bug: instead of a video, only a solid gray image is displayed. This bug has been reported several times in pwc mailing-list and it has been fixed in versions 10.x of the module.
SuSE users have been plagued with an absent or non-functional pwc module in almost every release in the last 2 years. This is, by far, the most used Linux webcam driver. It supports most cameras from Philips and Logitech, and some from Creative and Samsung. Please include the latest version of pwc (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc).

Comment 1 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2006-01-30 04:58:30 UTC

Then tell the pwc developers to get their driver updates into the mainline kernel.

If the driver isn't updated there, then it will not be accepted by us, sorry.

Comment 3 Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-01-30 13:28:40 UTC

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't SuSE kernels consist of a mainline kernel on top of which SuSE applies a number of patches?
If so, what is the criteria you use when deciding to apply patches to other parts of the kernel and not to this one?

Comment 4 Chris L Mason 2006-01-30 14:01:58 UTC

*** Bug 146512 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2006-01-30 16:44:22 UTC

Yes, that is what SuSE kernels consist of, but those patches are accepted upstream, and which makes
maintance and support much easier.

It is quite simple, if you wish to see this driver work properly in any distro (Red Hat has the same
rules for their kernel), get the fixes into the upstream kernel.org kernel.  Then we will be glad to 
also take it.

Comment 6 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2006-03-18 17:57:39 UTC

*** Bug 159355 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2006-03-18 21:45:43 UTC

*** Bug 159362 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***