Bug#347328: Please disable kernel pwc (Philips USB webcam) module by default

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

reassign 347328 pwc-source
stop


hello sam,

thanks for your pointer.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Sam Morris wrote:

> Lawrence Williams wrote:
> >I am asking for the in-kernel pwc module (Philips USB webcam) to be 
> >disabled by default, as it doesn't work with the majority of their webcam 
> >chipsets commonly in use. More importantly, it also conflicts with the 
> >resulting package built from the source contained in the pwc-source 
> >package (two different pwc.ko files placed in 2 different modules dir for 
> >the same kernel version... during modprobe, kernel picks their version 
> >always ).
> 
> pwc-source should put the modules in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates so 
> that it gets priority over the kernel's own modules. See #261618 for 
> details.
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261618
> 
> >Sincerely,
> >Lawrence


regards

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maks