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Bug 232643 - Please add gspca driver to sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
Summary: Please add gspca driver to sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.v...
Whiteboard: linux-2.6.27
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Reported: 2008-07-22 12:15 UTC by Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Modified: 2008-10-13 12:10 UTC (History)
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Description Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2008-07-22 12:15:27 UTC 
The gspca driver has been accepted into the 2.6.27 prerelease kernel. According to the author, "Linux will now support most webcams available at the market" after adding this patch.

Please consider for inclusion in the gentoo patchset.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-07-22 14:57:37 UTC 
It is in .27 and with .27 it will be gentoo-sources.
Comment 2 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2008-07-22 15:03:08 UTC 
According to dsd new features in upstream development kernels can be considered for backporting to current release kernels.
http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2007/07/new-hardware-support-in-the-gentoo-kernel/
Comment 3 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-07-22 15:10:10 UTC 
I see, kernel folks your bug. :)
Comment 4 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev 2008-07-24 16:11:05 UTC 
From the link:

"This series includes 47416 line insersions[sic]!"

Wow, that's quite a big patch.
Comment 5 Stefan Richter 2008-07-26 16:10:26 UTC 
Backports of all of v4l/dvb already exist and can be easily checked out from here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mkrufky/v4l-dvb-2.6.x.y.git

I somehow doubt that backporting the gspca driver alone is worth anyone's time.
Comment 6 Henrique Rodrigues 2008-10-13 00:39:32 UTC 
Maybe this bug can be closed, now that gentoo-sources-2.6.27 is on the tree?
Comment 7 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2008-10-13 12:10:26 UTC 
Yes, it is fixed by gentoo-sources-2.6.27