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From: "Nemosoft Unv." <webcam@smcc.demon.nl>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: kai.engert@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:27:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200406080027.04577@smcc.demon.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040607202036.GA6185@kroah.com>

On Monday 07 June 2004 22:20, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:00:43PM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> > The attached patch enables the pwc driver included with kernel
> > 2.6.7-rc2
> >
> > It also removes the warnings during compilation.
> > However, note that I blindly duplicated the release approach used by
> > other usb camera drivers, replacing the current no-op.
> >
> > The driver works for me with a Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro and
> > GnomeMeeting.
>
> Nice, thanks, I've applied this.  

Don't use this. It will BUG() your kernel hard, because of a double free(). 

> It's amazing how long it took for this to be fixed... :(

I could start a big *bleep*ing rant about this, but I´ll save that for some 
other time.

 - Nemosoft


  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-07 22:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-07 13:00 small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver Kai Engert
2004-06-07 20:20 ` Greg KH
2004-06-07 22:27   ` Nemosoft Unv. [this message]
2004-06-07 22:39     ` Greg KH
2004-06-17 12:37       ` Kai Engert
2004-06-17 19:58         ` Greg KH

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