Re: About Webcam module

When you get a module unrelated to the kernel distribution you should
place it in one of the version-independent directories under
/lib/modules.

And do u place them in the right place ?


2009/9/17 Niamathullah sharief <[email protected]>:
> Yes thank you...Its working fine...but i am having some doubt
>
> Insmod is working fine. But modprobe is not working properly..I know
> modprobe will install all necessary dependent modules. But in this case all
> dependent modules are already installed...But i dont know why its happening
> here..Please help me..see below
> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# modprobe v4l1_compat
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# modprobe videodev
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# modprobe
>> gspca_main
>>
>> FATAL: Module gspca_main not found.
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# modprobe
>> gspca_zc3xx
>>
>> FATAL: Module gspca_zc3xx not found.
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# insmod
>> gspca_main.ko
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca# insmod
>> gspca_zc3xx.ko
>>
>> root@sharief-desktop:/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca#
>
>  Please help me....what will be the error
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Pei Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 2009/9/15 Niamathullah sharief <[email protected]>:
>> >
>> > Yes thank you..Now i am not getting my modules exactly. I compiled all
>> > the
>> > required modules...ie gspca_main, gspca_zc3xx, v4l1-compat. But i am not
>> > getting this "videodev" module..I dont know why...
>> > My Makefile
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += gspca_main.o
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += gspca_zc3xx.o
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += v4l1-compat.o
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += v4l2-dev.o
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += v4l2-ioctl.o
>> >>
>> >> obj-m += v4l2-device.o
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> gspca_main-objs := gspca.o
>> >>
>> >> gspca_zc3xx-objs := zc3xx.o
>> >>
>> >> videodev-objs := v4l2-dev.o v4l2-ioctl.o v4l2-device.o
>> >>
>> what is the result u want to get ?
>> Is it to make one videodev.ko file?
>> So it should be like this:
>> obj-m += gspca_main.o
>> obj-m += gspca_zc3xx.o
>> obj-m += videodev.o
>> gspca_main-objs := gspca.o
>> gspca_zc3xx-objs := zc3xx.o
>> videodev-objs := v4l2-dev.o v4l2-ioctl.o v4l2-device.o
>>
>> u need read the document about kbuild,module and makefile
>> http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.31/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
>>
>> >>
>> >> all:
>> >>
>> >> make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules
>> >>
>> >> clean:
>> >>
>> >> make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean
>> >
>> > if i compile i am getting the the modules as
>> >
>> >
>> >>  sharief@sharief-desktop:~/Desktop/video/gspca$ make
>> >>
>> >> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30/build M=/home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca
>> >> modules
>> >>
>> >> make[1]: Entering directory
>> >> `/home/sharief/Desktop/kernelroot/linux-2.6.30'
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca.o
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/zc3xx.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_main.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.o
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l1-compat.o
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-dev.o
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-ioctl.o
>> >>
>> >> CC [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-device.o
>> >>
>> >> Building modules, stage 2.
>> >>
>> >> MODPOST 6 modules
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_main.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_main.ko
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l1-compat.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l1-compat.ko
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-dev.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-dev.ko
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-device.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-device.ko
>> >>
>> >> CC /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-ioctl.mod.o
>> >>
>> >> LD [M] /home/sharief/Desktop/video/gspca/v4l2-ioctl.ko
>> >
>> >   I dont know why i am getting like this...?Please help me
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards
>> Lin
>
>



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Best Regards
Lin

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