Ack: [Raring SRU][PULL] quirk PROBE_DEF for OmniVision webcam
Leann Ogasawara
leann.ogasawara at canonical.com
Mon Apr 15 19:48:38 UTC 2013
This is a device specific quirk and should have little to no risk of
regression. It's also received positive test confirmation by the
original bug reporter.
Acked-by: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
On 04/15/2013 12:27 PM, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> *This patch has been sent upstream.
>
> Bug reference:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1168430
> monitor webcam not detected (intermitent)
>
> [IMPACT]
>
> This model-specific quirk fixes an observed Raring regression
> from 12.10.
>
> Some models of OmniVision webcam need a pre-existing quirk in
> order to avoid a condition which prevents the driver from
> recognizing the harware consistently. Some timing difference
> between 12.10 and Raring exposed the problem for this particular
> OmniVision model, which wasn't in the quirk list.
>
> [TESTCASE]
>
> Bug reporter confirms that adding this model to the quirk list
> fixes the problem, allowing the webcam to be consistently recognized
> in Raring.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> Very low risk: This patch affects only this particular machine
> and webcam model, and only inhibits the query for a feature which
> this webcam doesn't support anyway.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kamal
>
> -------- >8 ----------------------------------------------------
>
> The following changes since commit c4558a72f5420a930a6f94f91b8b0440a595590f:
>
> Linux 3.8.7 (2013-04-12 12:51:12 -0600)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
> git://kernel.ubuntu.com/kamal/ubuntu-raring.git lp1168430
>
> for you to fetch changes up to d8f88f121508231833b6cabce4aaccf6a4d8b077:
>
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: [media] uvcvideo: quirk PROBE_DEF for Dell Studio / OmniVision webcam (2013-04-15 12:04:54 -0700)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Kamal Mostafa (1):
> UBUNTU: SAUCE: [media] uvcvideo: quirk PROBE_DEF for Dell Studio / OmniVision webcam
>
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
>
>
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