[Bug 8745] ov511 webcam does not work

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------- Additional Comments From cwi at wilstrup.net  2005-04-07 20:06 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> When an ov511 based webcam is attached to the USB bus, the ov511 driver is
> loaded fine, and /dev/video0 is nicely created. Trying to access the new device
> fails though:
> 
> > cat /dev/video0
> cat: /dev/video0: Cannot allocate memory
> 
> The problem occurs when running as root, so it's probably not a permission issue.
> This of course also occurs from any v4l application accessing the device, like
> camorama, camstream, etc.
> Problem found in kernel version 2.6.10-5-amd64-k8

(In reply to comment #1)
> Maybe the driver is not 64 bit compatible have you tried it under the i386 kernel?
> 
> Regards
> chuck

(In reply to comment #1)
> Maybe the driver is not 64 bit compatible have you tried it under the i386 kernel?
> 
> Regards
> chuck

I haven't tested in 32 bit mode, however the driver works perfectly in a vanilla
kervel version 2.6.10 under 64 bit Gentoo - so it's not a 64 bit issue.

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