On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 05:57:02PM -0700, Jeff Carr wrote: > Jurij Smakov wrote: > > >Since it is becoming more and more a kernel topic, you might also want > >to move discussion to debian-kernel. > > Could someone give us a simple rundown of how we would submit a patch to > the debian kernel sources to add spca5xx support? The spca5xx driver > adds support for a large number of USB cameras. Recently Carlos posted > something about adding support to debian-devel and Jurij suggested we go > here as it is a kernel issue.
Since you contacted the spca5xx developer, and he didn't seem to care about putting that driver into the main kernel, I do not see the point in trying to bypass him for that, even for the Debian kernel. Also I see that the original ITP is from Stephen Birch, please coordinate your steps with him. I would also keep [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc'ed for the records in that wnpp bug entry. As Jurij sugested I would go first for a spca5xx-modules-source package, so users can build spca5xx-modules packages for the kernel they want, by means of make-kpkg or directly. A patch package would require rebuilding the whole kernel, what is usually not desirable, unless some of the kernel files are being modified. In most cases a modules package can be built out of the modules-source package just having the appropriate kernel sources package installed. > The module dir is self contained and "smart" in that it uses `uname -r` > to determine the kernel headers. So, one can just go into the dir and > type make;make install and spca5xx.ko will automatically be loaded the > next time the user boots. And if you want to build the modules for a different kernel? That said, I have one of these sunplus cameras, I am happy to see that modules packaged for Debian. Cheers, -- Agustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
