Current version in portage is 8.2.2, current version 8.4. http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/release.html This module is closed source and has been compiled with gcc 3.2, so I'm not sure if it's usable. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 24984 [details, diff] usb-pwcx.ebuild.diff Please apply this diff to the usb-pwcx ebuild file to make it compatible with the new format. This installs the sparse documentation that comes with the new package, and picks between the 2.4 and 2.6 module using the mechanism in the nvidia-kernel ebuild.
Note to dev: module-init-tools are trouble... modprobe outputs a blatant lie, and insmod can't cope with commandline options (might be related somehow). prometheus / # ls -l /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.ko; insmod --force /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.ko; modprobe -f /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46253 Feb 5 07:46 /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.ko insmod: can't read '--force': No such file or directory FATAL: Module /lib/modules/usb/pwcx.ko not found.
You have to install it in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/somewhere, do depmod -a and "modprobe --force pwcx" I have a working ebuild here which I made before I found this. You may want to look at it and merge them or something... :)
Created attachment 25101 [details] usb-pwcx-8.4.ebuild
LOL! "Optional closed source drivers for phillips webcams to allow for higher resoltions and framerates" I did not write that description, I think I can spell a little bit better than that, and besides it also works with a lot of Logitech and other cams using the same chipsets...
Looks nice, I've put the ebuild from 2004-02-06 into CVS. Thank you very much!
Per, I was just informed that ebuilds should never use "uname" to get the kernel version. Could you perhaps re-write your ebuild to use the check-kernel eclass instead (it gets the info from /usr/src/linux) - I currently don't have much time. Thanks.
Found some time, fixed it.
Beta 9.0 drivers are out ...
