[ts-7000] Re: webcam driver

["Yan Seiner" <>]

--- In  Ollie Eisman <> wrote:
>
> Yan,
> 
> Are you patching the kernel with the SPCA5XX-LE driver?  The SPCA5XX
driver (non-LE version) crashes for me but LE works just fine.
> 
> # Grab the spca5xx-LE patch:
> wget
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/embedded/KernelPatch/linux-2.4.31-716LE08.patch.tgz
> # Extract it and patch the TS kernel source:
> tar xzvf linux-2.4.31-716LE08.patch.tgz
> cd linux24
> cat ../linux-2.4.31LE09.patch | patch -p1
> # Then prepare to compile the kernel, and remember to choose the
SPCA driver configuration:
> ...
> make menuconfig
> # Choose Multimedia devices -> v4l
> # Choose USB Support -> SPCA5XX 
> 
> I hope that helps.

Thanks.  The full driver crashes; I ended up having to patch the LE
driver to support my cameras.  I also had to use the -g option in
spcacat to work on the arm platform.  (Thanks to Michel Xhaard for
talking me through it.)

It seems to be stable.

Hopefully it will all work now.  :-)

--Yan



 
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