Re: [PATCH] From 2.6.39-rc1 onward, the Logitech Quickcam Fusion webcam (046d:08c1) stops

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Hi Oleksij,

On Monday 09 July 2012 07:35:54 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Am 08.07.2012 23:35, schrieb Laurent Pinchart:
> > On Sunday 08 July 2012 10:45:45 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> >> On 08.07.2012 09:22, Eric Ding wrote:
> >>> On 07/08/2012 02:52 PM, Oleksij Rempel (fishor) wrote:
> >>>> Hi, can you please do one more test.
> >>>> Try to reproduce it with MJPEG stream. Use this command:
> >>>> luvcview -f jpg -C
> >>>> 
> >>>> it will force jpeg (i think your cam support it) and store each frame
> >>>> separately. If you can reproduce it, please send me one of this frames.
> >>> 
> >>> Sure, I reproduced it fairly easily (with the kernel corresponding to
> >>> commit e1620d5).  I've attached the first frame dumped by luvcview (I
> >>> already converted it from raw MJPEG to JPEG w/ Huffman tables to save
> >>> you the trouble).
> >>> 
> >>> Eric
> >>> 
> >>> P.S. I actually attached a video showing another example of this problem
> >>> to my original bug report on Launchpad:
> >>> 
> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1017072/+attachment
> >>> /3202254/+files/SecondTime.avi
> >> 
> >> Ok,
> >> 
> >> i have no more doubt about quirk.
> >> The image should have fallowing path inside of the cam:
> >> - sensor
> >> - demosaicking processor
> >> - jpeg compressor
> >> - uvc packer
> >> 
> >> since correct jpeg and uvc headers are produced, then the problem is on
> >> first two steps.
> > 
> > We could speculate on where the problem is inside the webcam, but that
> > won't make much of a difference :-) Logitech webcams have been known in
> > the past to have pretty serious race conditions in their firmware. Some
> > of them have been fixed, but I wouldn't be surprised if several other
> > similar bugs remained.
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> i do this description for my self. First of all i wont to understand how
> it work, to make better diagnosis.

It's a good idea, but don't try too hard, Logitech webcams can be *really* 
buggy ;-)

> Then if i'm wrong, some body can correct me. It also should help find cam
> with same symptoms. Indeed there are non logitech cams with same symptoms.
> The problem, i thought there are irreparably defect :(

I personally consider many webcams to be broken enough to qualify for a 
refund. Of course vendors probably disagree...

> > I can try contacting Logitech about this, but I'm not sure whether they
> > will even be interested in investigating the problem. Their Linux support
> > track record isn't as good as it was a couple of years ago :-/
> > 
> >> I also tested my cam with USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME without any
> >> regressions, in case you wont all_logitech_quirk. My cam is:
> >> +       /* Logitech Quickcam Notebook Pro */
> >> +       { USB_DEVICE(0x046d, 0x0991), .driver_info =
> >> USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME },

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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