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Re: Bug#827242: Webcam(s) do not work on Microsoft Surface Book or recent Surface Pro tablets



control: reassign -1 src:linux

(note: I don't care about the bug, hence the Reply-to excluding me)

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:33:40PM -0400, Kẏra ​ wrote:
> Package: kernel
> 
> via: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109821
> 
> Despite of the existing patch (e.g.
> https://github.com/tiggerite/mint-17.3-for-surface-pro-3/blob/master/patches-4.3/surface-cam.patch),
> it seems some surface pro 4 model (E.g. my i7 16G) uses a different
> webcam solution.
> 
> From windows, there are three camera listed with "Camera" in their driver name.
> They are Microsoft Camera Front, Microsoft Camera Rear and Microsoft
> IR Camera Front.
> 
> The properties dialogs show that they are OV5693, OV7251 and OV8865,
> seems they are i2c device instead of usb device.

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