Joseph M. Gaffney schrieb: > A recent thread [1] on suseforums at is ongoing and discussing the webcam > support in SUSE. > > I replied to the thread with a link to the Novell Cool Solutions feature on > compiling kernel drivers by example [2] , which uses the pwc module [3] as an > example. Is there any reason why webcam support is not included out of the > box yet?
IIRC, the "reverse-engineered" pwc driver was just decompiled, which is illegal in many jurisdictions. That's also why it was removed from the official kernel shortly after it had entered. For details, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/2/94 and http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=88c1834633341bbb94e315433067496338bff4ad I doubt the hi-resolution variant(*) of this driver is ever going to ship in a SUSE product. It would be suicide to include it. * The controversy was about the compression module. You can still use the driver with low resolutions. Regards, Carl-Daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
