Kernel upgrade + driver compilation

[Jacob Nikom]

Hi Rodrigo,

Where did you find the webcam driver for downloading?
I have WebCam II PPC2 and I would like to try it on Linux.
Does it come with some code for showing images?

Jacob

"Rodrigo B." wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I just wanted to share some information I came across while
> compiling the driver for the parallel port WebcamII, which
> I think might be useful for others too...
>
> I (like many other linux users still, I guess) was running
> a 2.0.x series kernel until I tried to install the
> webcam-driver. The need for a 2.2.x kernel was clear either
> from the docs, the homepage or this list (I dont quite
> remember right now).  So I proceeded to install it (make
> xconf; make dep clean zImage modules modules_install), not
> forgetting to enable modules, parport and parport_pc.  When
> I had gotten this far I compiled the driver module, and it
> did not work (error message: "unresolved symbol
> parport_pc_read_fifo" with insmod).  Until some day,
> looking over the kernel logs, I found the following
> message, which originated always during startup: "Cannot
> find map file".  And then, looking for some "map" file, I
> found out that a "System.map" is created after the kernel
> compilation process.  I also discovered that copying this
> file (I also copied the file "vmlinux", but I am not sure
> if this is necessary too) to /boot, the insmod error would
> not appear anymore.  Since then I have been able to use the
> webcam.
>
> I found no reference to "System.map" in the Kernel-HOWTO,
> and also almost nothing on the web.  This could be
> something appropriate for inclusion in the README or
> INSTALL file of the current cpia distribution.
>
> Last but not least, I would like to thank those of you
> developing this driver and the associated software (I
> already downloaded and succesfully executed the wcIIcam
> program).
>
> Rodrigo
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