pwc driver status?

pwc driver status?

[Jan De Luyck]

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Hello list,

I'm currently contemplating getting an USB webcam. As a requirement, it has to 
be linux-usable (duh). Now, the Philips webcams look pretty good, but I'm 
getting mightily confused by the current status of the pwc / pwcx driver.

There seems to be an 'official' driver, but that has been discontinued, and 
now there seems to be an 'unofficial' one.

Is there still a working driver for 2.4/2.6? What does it support? 

Thanks.

Jan
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Re: pwc driver status?

[Gergely Nagy]

> There seems to be an 'official' driver, but that has been discontinued, and 
> now there seems to be an 'unofficial' one.
> 
> Is there still a working driver for 2.4/2.6? What does it support? 

Luc Saillards driver for 2.6 supports all the official and now
discontinued driver did, and some more. It's also licensed under the GPL
so won't taint your kernel. For 2.4... I'd upgrade to 2.6 >;)

Works For Me(tm).

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Re: pwc driver status?

[Jan De Luyck]

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On Saturday 13 November 2004 21:42, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > There seems to be an 'official' driver, but that has been discontinued,
> > and now there seems to be an 'unofficial' one.
> >
> > Is there still a working driver for 2.4/2.6? What does it support?
>
> Luc Saillards driver for 2.6 supports all the official and now
> discontinued driver did, and some more. It's also licensed under the GPL
> so won't taint your kernel. For 2.4... I'd upgrade to 2.6 >;)
>

Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other reasons...

Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I found 
some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I can't find 
much docs... 

Jan
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Re: pwc driver status?

[Gergely Nagy]

On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 22:03 +0100, Jan De Luyck wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 21:42, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > > There seems to be an 'official' driver, but that has been discontinued,
> > > and now there seems to be an 'unofficial' one.
> > >
> > > Is there still a working driver for 2.4/2.6? What does it support?
> >
> > Luc Saillards driver for 2.6 supports all the official and now
> > discontinued driver did, and some more. It's also licensed under the GPL
> > so won't taint your kernel. For 2.4... I'd upgrade to 2.6 >;)
> >
> 
> Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other reasons...

That's a pity... because there is no 2.4 version of Luc's driver as far
as I know :(

> Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I found 
> some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I can't find 
> much docs... 

As far as I know, yes. The source code seems to indicate the same.

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Gergely Nagy

Re: pwc driver status?

[Luc Saillard]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:09:38PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other reasons...
> 
> That's a pity... because there is no 2.4 version of Luc's driver as far
> as I know :(

I don't use a 2.4 kernel, so i can produce patch for older kernel, but i'll
not test them. If someone want a 2.4 kernel tell me, and i'll try to mande a
patch using difftools. I prefer to add features like v4l2, than supporting
and testing old kernel (or writing documentation).

> > Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I found 
> > some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I can't find 
> > much docs... 
> 
> As far as I know, yes. The source code seems to indicate the same.

If the old driver supports, mine too (minor some very old webcam).

Luc

Re: pwc driver status?

[Jan De Luyck]

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On Saturday 13 November 2004 22:18, Luc Saillard wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:09:38PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > > Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other
> > > reasons...
> >
> > That's a pity... because there is no 2.4 version of Luc's driver as far
> > as I know :(
>
> I don't use a 2.4 kernel, so i can produce patch for older kernel, but i'll
> not test them. If someone want a 2.4 kernel tell me, and i'll try to mande
> a patch using difftools. I prefer to add features like v4l2, than
> supporting and testing old kernel (or writing documentation).

Understandable. I'll look into getting the other box upgraded, tho the owner 
of it is kinda reluctant to do so.

>
> > > Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I
> > > found some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I
> > > can't find much docs...
> >
> > As far as I know, yes. The source code seems to indicate the same.
>
> If the old driver supports, mine too (minor some very old webcam).

Ok, good to know. Would be nice tho to have some actual 'confirmation' of this 
fact before I run off to spend money ;p

Jan

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Re: pwc driver status?

[Mathis Ahrens]

Jan De Luyck wrote:

>On Saturday 13 November 2004 22:18, Luc Saillard wrote:
>  
>
>>On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:09:38PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>>Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option right now for other
>>>>reasons...
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>That's a pity... because there is no 2.4 version of Luc's driver as far
>>>as I know :(
>>>      
>>>
>>I don't use a 2.4 kernel, so i can produce patch for older kernel, but i'll
>>not test them. If someone want a 2.4 kernel tell me, and i'll try to mande
>>a patch using difftools. I prefer to add features like v4l2, than
>>supporting and testing old kernel (or writing documentation).
>>    
>>
>
>Understandable. I'll look into getting the other box upgraded, tho the owner 
>of it is kinda reluctant to do so.
>  
>
I don't think you have to.
The latest release from nemosoft is not in the kernel anymore, but still
online:

    http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

It is supposed to still work with 2.4

>  
>
>>>>Is this driver also supporting the Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks? I
>>>>found some references that the 'official' one used to do that, but I
>>>>can't find much docs...
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>As far as I know, yes. The source code seems to indicate the same.
>>>      
>>>
>>If the old driver supports, mine too (minor some very old webcam).
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, good to know. Would be nice tho to have some actual 'confirmation' of this 
>fact before I run off to spend money ;p
>
 From the philips.txt included in the above reference:

    As of this moment, the following cameras are supported:
    [...]
     * Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro
    [...]

(Note the 'Pro', this might be important!)

And as Luc said, once you upgrade to 2.6 you will have the same
support with his driver.

Cheers,
Mathis