[cpia] compaq armada 7800

[Joseph Eggleston]

I'm trying to get the webcam II to work under kernel 2.2.14-5 on a
Compaq Armada 7800 (laptop). The BIOS calls the parallel port an "ECP
printer port" but for some reason linux doesn't recognize it as such.
Here's the relevant log info:

parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
parport0: read2 timeout.
parport0: Multimedia device, VLSI Vision Ltd PPC2 Camera
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
V4L-Driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4
Parallel port driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4
cpia_pp.c:cpia_pp_register(1469):port is not ECP capable
  0 camera(s) found

Does anyone have experience with this problem? Which is lying to me, the
BIOS or the kernel?

thanks,
Joe