[cpia] Unified patch for recent kernels

[Jacob Nikom]

Sorry Scott for little unrelevant question - do you know when 2.4 kernel
is going to come out?

Thank you,

Jacob Nikom

sbertin@mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> On 26 Jan, Tasnim Ahmed wrote:
> > I compiled cpia-0.6.0 modules with kernel 2.3.40 and getting similar
> > kernel messages however on launching gqcam I get series of ECP
> > direction: reverse messages and gqcam hangs I have to press Ctrl-C in
> > terminal. However, when I loaded the same module for the first time
> > forced into a 2.3.39 kernel it did work very poorly 2 fps on a
> > Celeron 333 MHz. Besides the point I am not getting even that
> > anymore.
> 
> The ECP direction: reverse messages are just the kernel telling you it
> is doing a read.  The low frame rate is also normal right now.  I'm
> assuming it is beacuse the FIFO and DMA are unused.  I plan to look into
> this and hopefully get a patch into parport_pc before the 2.4 kernel is
> released.  I don't know why gqcam is hanging, are there any messages in
> the logs?
> 
> Scott J. Bertin
> sbertin@mindspring.com
> 
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