Bug 104327 - pwc driver too old
Summary: pwc driver too old
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 1
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Enhancement
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Assignee: Andreas Jaeger
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Reported: 2005-08-12 07:47 UTC by peter czanik
Modified: 2005-08-12 10:39 UTC (History)
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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.