Bug 256002 – kernel>=2.6.27 drivers/media/video/gspca/pac207.c - patch to add support of another pac207 genius webcam to gspcav2

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Livid 2009-01-22 14:45:00 UTC]

GSPCAv2 supports pac207 chip, however, pac207.c does not list IDs of all devices built on this chip. One such instance is Genius iLook-111 webcam with ID 093a:2474, which I happen to own.

Reproducible: Always




There is an easy patch for this one. One just needs to add device ID to drivers/media/video/gspca/pac207.c device id list. I just wish it was included into "official" gentoo kernel

[Comment 1 Livid 2009-01-22 14:46:01 UTC]

Created attachment 179343 [details, diff]
Patch which adds appropriate device identificator into kernel

[Comment 2 Mike Pagano 2009-01-23 23:58:44 UTC]

Patch looks good but I could not find it in the development kernel tree.
Are you the author of this patch?

[Comment 3 Livid 2009-01-24 04:03:05 UTC]

Yes, I am the author of this particular patch.
Though it's so simple, that I imagne there could be similar patches somewhere.

[Comment 4 Mike Pagano 2009-01-24 15:11:51 UTC]

We don't take patches into gentoo-sources that aren't at least in queue to get into the development mainline tree so we have 3 options here:

1) You can submit it upstream.
2) We can help you submit it upstream.
3) Or we can submit it upstream.

Btw, when this gets submitted upstream, it should include an entry in: Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt

Let us know how you want to proceed.

[Comment 5 Livid 2009-01-25 15:59:07 UTC]

Ok then, now in process of (1).

[Comment 6 Livid 2009-01-28 10:59:14 UTC]

Created attachment 179935 [details, diff]
Patch which adds appropriate device identificator into kernel AND description to Documentation

The patch was added to http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb master development tree.
Patch is available at: http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/12b2636c9f44fa057672c011a4ec8c03d4ea2ae6

Seems the best I could manage atm.

[Comment 7 Mike Pagano 2009-01-28 13:10:54 UTC]

Nice job. This should find it's way into gentoo-sources

[Comment 8 Mike Pagano 2009-02-22 02:02:11 UTC]

Url for when it hits Linus' upstream dev tree

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=history;f=drivers/media/video/gspca/pac207.c;h=c90ac852bac07eace63ab95756796d8a804f3693;hb=HEAD

[Comment 9 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2009-03-15 00:03:26 UTC]

pulled from linux-next for next 2.6.28 release

[Comment 10 Mike Pagano 2009-03-19 17:53:36 UTC]

Released in gentoo-sources-2.6.28-r4