Re: About Webcam module

[Niamathullah sharief <newbiesha@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here i am facing a new problem. I tried to compile and install the
gspca_main and gspca_zc3xx modules separately. I compiled them successfully.
but i am getting error when inserting that modules


root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# insmod
> gspca_zc3xx.ko
>
insmod: error inserting 'gspca_zc3xx.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>
root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# insmod gspca_main.ko
>
>
insmod: error inserting 'gspca_main.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>

I think this both modules what some other modules to get insert in to
kernel...But i am sure about that modules. Can anyone help me?





On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@xxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:37:19 +0530
> Niamathullah sharief <newbiesha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>        [snip]
> > sharief@sharief-desktop:~$ modinfo -d gspca_zc3xx
> > >
> > GSPCA ZC03xx/VC3xx USB Camera Driver
> > >
> > sharief@sharief-desktop:~$ modinfo -d gspca_main
> > >
> > GSPCA USB Camera Driver
> > >
> > sharief@sharief-desktop:~$ modinfo -d videodev
> > >
> > Device registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2
> > >
> > sharief@sharief-desktop:~$ modinfo -d v4l1_compat
> > >
> > v4l(1) compatibility layer for v4l2 drivers.
> > >
> > sharief@sharief-desktop:~$
> > >
> >
> > So first two things are showing as camera driver. bur how it is
> > possible. kindly help me
>
> Hi,
>
> The driver of a USB device is easily found looking at
>        /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.usbmap
>
> So, your driver is gspca_zc3xx. Then, this module uses the gspca
> framework, i.e it calls functions of the module gspca_main. This last
> one calls functions of the common video module videodev. Then again, if
> v4l1 compatibility is enabled, videodev calls functions of v4l1_compat.
>
> lsmod shows all that directly:
>
> Module              Size   Used by
> gspca_zc3xx        55936   0
> gspca_main         29312   1   gspca_zc3xx
> videodev           41344   1   gspca_main
> v4l1_compat        22404   1   videodev
>
> Regards.
>
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