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:KernelTrap: Philips Webcam Driver Restored
KernelTrap: Philips Webcam Driver Restored
May 2, 2005, 16 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (7355 reads)

"In August of 2004, the Philips Webcam Driver 'pwc' was removed from the Linux kernel, following a disgreement regarding a hook only used by that driver. A few days later, Alan Cox suggested he was willing to be the maintainer and plans to get the driver re-merged were underway. A limited version of the pwc driver was merged into Alan's -ac patchset in 2.6.9-ac1. In 2.6.12-rc1, Alan submitted a patch that explained, 'PWC has a new maintainer (Luc Saillard) and also the various contentious binary hooks removed and replaced with reverse engineering work. Please restore it to the kernel...'"

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Nemosoft withdrew webcam from the kernel ...   Juvenile behavior...   
GreyGeek
May 2, 2005, 17:18:44
 
This chap has been whingeing about this  ...   for crying out loud   
Nikopol
May 2, 2005, 17:49:58
 
I suspect that instead of a vibrant defe ...   Nemosoft   
dwight
May 2, 2005, 19:32:49
 
It could all be a moot point, because Al ...   Re: Nemosoft   
alison
May 2, 2005, 21:14:15
 
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