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#24 Cumulative patch for rev 104, version 02
Hello everybody,
This is another tiny contribution but it might help : I have applied/carried over a few patches from cr1st1, against truck last revision (104), then used svn diff to make this patch, hence can be applied simply by less technical users (who can't read C code).
* Added flip controls, improved default values handling
From cr1st1, "stk11xx.h, stk11xx-usb.c, stk11xx-v4l.c"
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3201636&group_id=178178&atid=884193
* Restricted new "install" (since rev. 102), so it does NOT also build
(this should be discouraged as root)
From xaho, "Makefile.standalone"
* Small logging & metadatas improvements
From xaho, "stk11xx.h, stk11xx-usb.c"
Works great here daily under Fedora 16 stable, up to the latest stable kernel to date ()
Using Kopete, VLC, guvcview, Skype and Google video plugin for Firefox.
I will add my updated Fedora 16 Howto to this thread
TODO
I realize there were other contributions posted out there, but had no time to look at and test them so far.
So the following (and probably more) are *NOT* included in the present patch:
* Improved suspend code and freed memory
From cr1st1, "stk11xx-usb.c, stk11xx-v4l.c" @@@@ suspend.patch
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3201289&group_id=178178&atid=884193
* fixes S_FMT and TRY_SMT ioctl - fixing library segfaults
From cr1st1, "stk11xx-v4l.c" @@@@ stk11xx-v4l.c.patch
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3200819&group_id=178178&atid=884193
* Check against Peter Stuge's git
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1302886506-3206-9-git-send-email-peter%40stuge.se&forum_name=syntekdriver-devel
Cumulative patch for rev 104, version 02
Fedora 16 Howto
Status
3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.2.5-3.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.1.6-2.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.1.2-1.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 --> OK
Steps
First time on the system => start at 1, skip 4 5 and 9
Updating module revision => start at 3
After each kernel update => start at 3, then 8, 10 and following
Notation
$ means "as normal user"
# means "as root"
(-- as root --)
1 Install dev packages
# yum install ctags doxygen gcc kernel-devel patch subversion
Notes
Required packages
"subversion" to obtain and manage the module source
"gcc" and "kernel-devel" to build the module
Optional packages
"ctags" to avoid any (non-fatal) build errors
"doxygen" to generate the documentation
"patch" to apply the suggested cumulative patch
See also
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel#Building_Only_Kernel_Modules_.28Out_Of_Tree_Modules.29
(-- now as normal user --)
2 Get Syntek driver source from its svn repository
$ mkdir ~/hard-webcam_syntek-sourceforge
$ cd ~/hard-webcam_syntek-sourceforge
$ svn co -r 104 https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/syntekdriver/trunk/driver
Accept permanently sourceforge SVN''s current fingerprint
94:74:b3:a9:54:ce:dc:e5:0d:d6:cf:86:b1:40:5a:48:b9:ea:15:de
which can be verified using any modern browser (see SSL certificate) at
https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/syntekdriver/
3 Get into driver directory
$ cd ~/hard-webcam_syntek-sourceforge/driver
4 Check if new revisions are available, eg. latest 3 log entries
$ svn log -l 3
5 Update Syntek driver source to eg. rev 104 and read README file!
$ svn up -r 104 && svn revert *
$ xdg-open README
6 Get and apply cumulative patch to source tree
$ wget https://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=178178&atid=884193&file_id=436367&aid=3490085
$ patch -p0 -i rev-104.patches-02
7 Generate documentation (optional), save and open it
$ make -f Makefile.standalone doc
(lots of warnings, can be ignored)
$ cp -a ../doxygen ../rev-104+patches-02_doc
$ xdg-open ../rev-104+patches-02_doc/html/index.html
$ make -f Makefile.standalone cleandoc
8 Compile kernel module
$ make -f Makefile.standalone driver
(-- now as root --)
9 Check whether previous module version is loaded, unload it
# lsmod | grep stk11xx
stk11xx 145286 0
videodev 97776 1 stk11xx
# rmmod stk11xx
# dmesg | tail -n 20
[ 4225.942869] stk11xx: usb_stk11xx_exit: Syntek USB2.0 webcam driver shutdown
[ 4225.942879] usbcore: deregistering interface driver usb_stk11xx_driver
[ 4225.942916] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera disconnected
[ 4225.942938] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera release resources video device /dev/video0
10 Install and load the new kernel module in the kernel tree
# cd /home/YOURUSER/hard-webcam_syntek-sourceforge/driver/
# make -f Makefile.standalone install
# chmod 744 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/stk11xx.ko
This places a copy of file "stk11xx.ko" in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra
then it updates system modules dep & map files cf. depmod
then it changes permissions to allow users executing eg. modinfo
11 Now load it
# modprobe stk11xx
Webcam's activity led just blinked
(-- now as normal user again --)
12 Check module infos
$ dmesg | tail -n 20
[ if you did NOT patch, you should see : ]
[ 4361.653215] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 webcam driver startup
[ 4361.653218] stk11xx: Copyright(c) 2006-2009 Nicolas VIVIEN
[ 4361.653248] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 - STK-1135 based webcam found.
[ 4361.653250] stk11xx: Syntek AVStream USB2.0 1.3M WebCam - Product ID 0x6A31.
[ 4361.653252] stk11xx: Release: 0005
[ 4361.653254] stk11xx: Number of interfaces : 1
[ 4361.653779] stk11xx: Initialize USB2.0 Syntek Camera
[ 4361.763238] stk11xx: Check device return error (0x0201 = 0C) !
[ 4361.823840] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera is ready
[ 4361.825404] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera is now controlling video device /dev/video0
[ 4361.825486] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_stk11xx_driver
[ 4361.825492] stk11xx: v2.2.0 : Syntek USB Video Camera
[ if you DID patch, you should see : ]
[ 750.505078] Linux media interface: v0.10
[ 750.507733] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 750.515440] stk11xx: Syntek USB Video Camera driver 2.2.0 (0x020200, rev.104 & patches 02) startup
[ 750.515444] stk11xx: Copyright(c) 2006-2011 Nicolas VIVIEN
[ 750.515446] stk11xx: http://sourceforge.net/projects/syntekdriver/
[ 750.515478] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 - STK-1135 based webcam found.
[ 750.515480] stk11xx: Syntek AVStream USB2.0 1.3M WebCam - Product ID 0x6A31.
[ 750.515483] stk11xx: Release: 0005
[ 750.515484] stk11xx: Number of interfaces : 1
[ 750.515973] stk11xx: Initialize USB2.0 Syntek Camera
[ 750.624294] stk11xx: Check device return error (0x0201 = 0C) !
[ 750.684936] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera is ready
[ 750.686650] stk11xx: Syntek USB2.0 Camera is now controlling video device /dev/video0
[ 750.686740] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_stk11xx_driver
The "Check device return error" message may be ignored.
$ modinfo stk11xx
[ if you did NOT patch, you should see : ]
filename: /lib/modules/3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64/extra/stk11xx.ko
description: Syntek USB Video Camera
author: Nicolas VIVIEN
license: GPL
alias: usb:v05E1p0501d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
[...]
[ if you DID patch, you should see : ]
filename: /lib/modules/3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64/extra/stk11xx.ko
url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/syntekdriver/
version: 2.2.0 (0x020200, rev.104 & patches 02)
description: Syntek USB Video Camera
author: Nicolas VIVIEN
license: GPL
srcversion: EE9F347CA01477ED1F1FC9A
alias: usb:v05E1p0501d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
[...]
[ then : ]
depends: videodev
vermagic: 3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
parm: fps:Frames per second [5-30] (int)
parm: hflip:Horizontal image flip (int)
parm: vflip:Vertical image flip (int)
parm: brightness:Brightness setting (int)
parm: whiteness:Whiteness setting (int)
parm: colour:Colour setting (int)
parm: contrast:Contrast setting (int)
parm: norm:Norm setting (0=NTSC, 1=PAL) (int)
12 Keep the module safe, clean-up build tree
(backup to a sibling directory named after revision, patch no. and kernel version)
[ if you did NOT patch, do : ]
$ mkdir ../rev-104_no-patches_kmod-`uname -r`
$ cp stk11xx.ko ../rev-104_no-patches_kmod-`uname -r`
[ if you DID patch, do : ]
$ mkdir ../rev-104+patches-02_kmod-`uname -r`
$ cp stk11xx.ko ../rev-104+patches-02_kmod-`uname -r`
[ then: ]
Clean-up temp compilation files in driver directory
$ make -f Makefile.standalone clean
13 Test the kernel module
VLC captures the video stream fine (from "/dev/video0" here, see dmesg output above).
Start Kopete, Settings>Configure (takes a long time to open)
hit the Video tab and smile to yourself, "this is a start".
Flips should now work as well as automatic corrections.
guvcview, Google Talk plugin & Skype just work
Double-check after reboot, led blinks twice before login screen, all work.
Thanks again Nicolas et al !
Fedora 16 Howto moved to here
(Nicolas, could you please delete my previous comment if you can ?)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/syntekdriver/forums/forum/616183/topic/5055644