Hello everyone,
I noticed that you don't have the webcam driver for some of the hp and sony
notebooks. So I patched up the original code that was originally written by
Sam Revitch. If anyone would like to build the kernel with this driver then
follow the instructions below.
If you want to build it the rpm way, then you are going to need the
r5u870-2.6.25.9-76.patch. Next go to the base of the rpm directories. So you
should see in the directory BUILD, RPMS, SOURCES, SPECS, SRPMS. Next type in
the following
patch -p0 < /path_to_where_the_patch_is_sitting/r5u870-2.6.25-9-76.patch
Next type in
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/kernel.spec
Now type in
cd BUILD/kernel-2.6.25/linux-2.6.25.i386/
Next you need to either use config of your choice. There are plenty of them in
the current path. (To get a list of them type in 'ls -l config-*'). Another
option is to use one of the configs from the /boot directory. In this example
I will copy /boot/config-2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 file and use that for my config
file. So type in the following:
cp /boot/config-2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 .config
Now you need to add the r5u870 device to the configuration file. You can add
it with the following line:
echo "CONFIG_USB_R5U870=m\n">> .config
or
make menuconfig
and go through the menus to find USB Ricoh Cameras
Device Drivers
-> Multimedia devices
-> Video capture adapters
-> V4L USB devices
USB Ricoh Cameras
Naturally you can change any thing you like in the config (I like to change the
processor to Core 2 now a days). It is all up to you. Once you have the
configuration to your liking. The the final step is to type in:
make rpm
This will take some time. But you should end up with a kernel in the RPMS
directory. I have included another patch for plain kernels, and does not
update the spec file.
Good Luck, and have Fun!
Sean
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