[gentoo-user] Re: media-video/gspcav1 or kernel module?

[Francesco Talamona <francesco.talamona@know.eu>]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, Iain Buchanan wrote:
[...]
> I recently upgraded from 2.6.26 to 2.6.28.  My el-cheapo webcam
> (lsusb: 0c45:602c Microdia Clas Ohlson TWC-30XOP WebCam) used the
> media-video/gspcav1 driver, but that no longer compiles:
>
> /var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20071224/work/gspcav1-20071224/g
>spca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
> /var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20071224/work/gspcav1-20071224/g
>spca_core.c: In function 'spca5xx_ioctl':
> /var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20071224/work/gspcav1-20071224/g
>spca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function
> 'video_usercopy'
>
> etc.
>
> I discovered a number of gspca modules in the kernel:
>
> gspca_spca508
> gspca_spca506
> gspca_spca505
> gspca_spca500
> gspca_spca501
> gspca_spca561
[...]

If you boot 2.6.26 it should be easier to spot the right module. Anyway 
I encountered the same problem with my gspca561, IIRC there's a problem 
with 2.6.28 kernel.

Waiting for a kernel upgrade I lent my webcam to a vista user...

HTH. Ciao
	Francesco


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