Drivers for Canyon webcam needed

[Stefan Bader]

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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.8/+bug/1915392
> 
> чт, 11 февр. 2021 г. в 14:04, Мария Рубцова <rubtsova.maria1988 at gmail.com>:
> 
>     Big thanks! I am have sended a bug info. Hope its will help to you.
> 


On 11.02.21 11:03, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 06.02.21 11:20, Мария Рубцова wrote:
>> Hello! I am have buy a webcam named Canyon CNS-CWC6N all will perfect but its
>> dont work with my Ubuntu 20.04. System see microphone, but dont see webcam.
>> Standart Linux drivers dont work, i am try everything, asked on communities but
>> nobody helsp me. And i am found one solution its
>> are https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/patch/20201120153055.16803-1-laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com/
>> but that are a patch. I am not so pro and cant use patches, for me much easier
>> to get drivers to my Ubuntu. I am sure i am not one who get buy that webcam and
>> drivers for that very needed. That cam are new model. Please help me and many
>> other users. Big thanks!
> 
> Thanks for your contribution to make Ubuntu better. Things are, however, not as
> simple. As with every software (or collection of) there are usually a lot of
> bugs to fix and to keep track of things as well as maintaining stability and
> avoid regressions as much as possible, there is a process[1] which changes have
> to follow.
> 
> For your case this means we first need a proper bug report on Launchpad[2]. You
> will need a user account there but it is free and is useful for other things
> than just reporting bugs. The easiest way to create a bug report is to run
> 
> ubuntu-bug linux
> 
> on your computer. This collects some log files and information about your
> computer (no personal data) and opens a new bug which you then can add
> information to. Most importantly you should add that the patch you are looking
> for is now in linux-next:
> 
> ommit b400b6f28af040d55b4eb397ea7b8ece368c6b12
> Author: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> Date:   Fri Nov 20 11:57:48 2020 +0100
> 
>     media: uvcvideo: Force UVC version to 1.0a for 1bcf:0b40
> 
> What does that mean: the most current kernel version that is upstream is right
> now v5.11. Once that releases, Linus pulls in changes from linux-next. So there
> is a good chance that this patch will be in the upstream v5.12 release.
> Being there means also that it has passed review of the upstream subsystem
> maintainers which does at least add some reassurance that the change is
> acceptable (in the sense of not obviously causing problems).
> For us it is important to see when this goes upstream because we not only have
> to put this into the kernel that 20.04 released with, but also into any kernel
> that is supported and newer. Otherwise there is the risk that people see things
> stop working when they upgrade from one series to the next.
> 
> -Stefan
> 
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net
> 
> 


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