I emerged usb-pwc-re-10.0.6a succesfully on my 64bit-gentoo. Can modprobe w/o problems, cam is working. Users of the new QuickCam silver have to pass power_save=1 as a module option.
root@thomas-km61 thomas # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon64 -ffast-math -funroll-all-loops -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage-de /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups divx4linux doc dvb dvd dvdr emacs emul-linux-x86 encode esd f77 fam flac font-server fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jp2 jpeg kde ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 multilib ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam perl png prelink python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv xvid zlib linguas_de"
I too have emerged media-video/usb-pwc-re-10.0.6a successfully on AMD64. I can modprobe it without problems, but I don't have a cam to test it with. I will hopefully be getting one soon and I'll try it then. janus root # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 9 2005, 11:18:24)] distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,now" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib acpi alsa apache2 avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dga divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd f77 fam flac font-server fortran freetds gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java joystick jp2 jpeg junit libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad motif mozilla mpeg mssql multilib mysql mysqli ncurses nls nvidia odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam perl php png python readline samba scanner sdl server ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vhosts wmf xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL
Works with my PCVC730K (ToUCam Fun), too.
Fixed in cvs, thanks!