Andrew Morton has provided a short list of features and fixes that will be included in the 2.6.14 kernel which include OCFS2, Relayfs, v9fs, FUSE, pcmcia and scheduler updates among other changes including hundreds of bug fixes.
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Member since:"The disagreement cannot be resolved as it would require implementing binary-only code into the kernel. This will never happen as the linux kernel needs to remain 100% open source."
I do not believe this to be true. Please keep in mind I am not a developer so will not have the terminology licked...
I was of the understanding that there was a "hook" that was not binary only but was soley there for the purpose of allowing a binary only module to be inserted, it served NO other function.
I'm not going to get in to the merits of whether or not it should have been kept in, I just wanted to point out I do not beleive the kernel needed any binary only code (for the record, the camera DID and DOES work with out the plugin, just no where near as adequately).
Member since:2005-07-25
Member since:
2005-07-25
The disagreement cannot be resolved as it would require implementing binary-only code into the kernel. This will never happen as the linux kernel needs to remain 100% open source. I too have a Logitech Quickcam (not Orbit, but Notebook) but I believe the driver is the same, qc-usb. I find compiling the module works better if performed manually (./configure, make all, make install) instead of using the install script.
Of course, I find compiling anything using Slackware (my preferred distro) works better than in SuSE.