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Title: "Linux: Restoring the Philips Webcam Driver"
Link: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/3747
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:58:49PM +0200, Cyril Scetbon wrote:
Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel due to disagreement
between the pwc mai
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:58:49PM +0200, Cyril Scetbon wrote:
> Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel due to disagreement
> between the pwc maintainer and the kernel maintainers.
> http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
>
> A bad news for users like me who have just bought this webcam a few
types cameras besides Philips (like Creative Labs ).
regards,
Rami Rosen
From: Cyril Scetbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux-IL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bad news for philips webcam users :-(
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:58:49 +0200
Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel du
Omer Zak wrote:
Part of the problem is that part of the driver is binary-only.
If Philips blinks first in the staring match, and open source for the
binary-only part of their driver, then we all will have won.
yeah, but for many years people have been using this driver and now what
will they do
Cyril Scetbon wrote:
Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel due to disagreement
between the pwc maintainer and the kernel maintainers.
http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
A bad news for users like me who have just bought this webcam a few
months ago :-(
Part of the problem is that part of t
This is a sad news (although I doubt that many distributions will release
their kernel with Greg's hook removal of pwcx module)..
I think the cam driver author should have follow the same route that the
emu10k1 (Sound Blaster Live card driver) did - a simple driver which was
compiled without pa
Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel due to disagreement
between the pwc maintainer and the kernel maintainers.
http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
A bad news for users like me who have just bought this webcam a few
months ago :-(
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