Re: Gspca USB driver zc3xx and STV06xx probe the same device ..

["Erik Andrén" <erik.andren@gmail.com>]

2010/3/4 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On 03/03/2010 02:17 PM, Erik Andrén wrote:
>>
>> 2010/3/3 Gabriel C<nix.or.die@googlemail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I own a QuickCam Messanger webcam.. I didn't used it in ages but today
>>> I plugged it in..
>>> ( Device 002: ID 046d:08da Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messanger )
>>>
>>> Now zc3xx and stv06xx are starting both to probe the device .. In
>>> 2.6.33 that result in a not working webcam.
>>> ( rmmod both&&  modprobe zc3xx one seems to fix that )
>>>
>>> On current git head zc3xx works fine even when both are probing the
>>> device.
>>>
>>> Also I noticed stv06xx fails anyway for my webcam with this error:
>>> ....
>>>
>>> [  360.910243] STV06xx: Configuring camera
>>> [  360.910244] STV06xx: st6422 sensor detected
>>> [  360.910245] STV06xx: Initializing camera
>>> [  361.161948] STV06xx: probe of 6-1:1.0 failed with error -32
>>> [  361.161976] usbcore: registered new interface driver STV06xx
>>> [  361.161978] STV06xx: registered
>>> .....
>>>
>>> Next thing is stv06xx tells it is an st6422 sensor and does not work
>>> with it while zc3xx tells it is an HV7131R(c) sensor and works fine
>>> with it.
>>>
>>> What is right ?
>>
>> Hans,
>> As you added support for the st6422 sensor to the stv06xx subdriver I
>> imagine you best know what's going on.
>>
>
> I took the USB-ID in question from the out of tree v4l1 driver I was basing
> my
> st6422 work on. Looking at the other ID's (which are very close together)
> and
> combining that with this bug report, I think it is safe to say that the
> USB-ID
> in question should be removed from the stv06xx driver.
>
> Erik will you handle this, or shall I ?
>
Either way is fine by me.
I can try to do it tonight.

Best regards,
ERik

> Regards,
>
> Hans
>