Re: pwc-webcam attached to usb-ohci card blocks on read() indefinitely.

From: Carl-Johan Kjellander (carljohan@kjellander.com)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 12:04:52 EST


Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 5. März 2002 06:11 schrieb Greg KH:
>
>>On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:06:07AM +0100, Carl-Johan Kjellander wrote:
>>
>>>Attached to each one of these is an Philips ToUCam pro which uses the pwc
>>>and pwcx modules. (yes, the kernel becomes tainted by the pwcx module)
>>>
>>As you are using this closed source module, I suggest you take this up
>>with that module's author.
>>
>
> Perhaps you could first ask whether the hang can be reproduced
> without that module loaded ?
> Secondly, that module is unlikely to cause that kind of trouble.

The problem can be reproduced on a computer that has not loaded pwcx.o
after boot. The problem is not caused by pwcx.o at all.

/Carl-Johan Kjellander

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