Package Details: bcwc-pcie-git 0.5.7.r1.gf85a604-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/bcwc-pcie-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: bcwc-pcie-git
Description: Reverse engineered Linux driver for the Broadcom 1570 PCIe webcam.
Upstream URL: https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
Keywords: driver facetime macbook webcam
Licenses: GPL2
Provides: bcwc-pcie, bcwc-pcie-dkms
Replaces: bcwc-pcie, bcwc-pcie-dkms
Submitter: whynothugo
Maintainer: None
Last Packager: ivladak
Votes: 34
Popularity: 0.029200
First Submitted: 2015-12-23 14:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2021-08-13 20:58 (UTC)

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jone1974 commented on 2024-03-11 11:55 (UTC) (edited on 2024-03-11 14:06 (UTC) by jone1974)

Looks like this is the cause: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2312.0/06197.html

I was able to build the module 

cd /var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4/build
sudo vi fthd_v4l2.c

Then change line 686 from 

q->min_buffers_needed = 1;

to

q->min_queued_buffers = 1;

and build with 

sudo KERNELRELEASE=6.8.0-zen1-1-zen make
sudo sudo mkinitcpio -P

[edited] - after building and installing properly, confirming this change fixes the problem.

jone1974 commented on 2024-03-11 11:21 (UTC)

Had a similar issue today after Zen updates to linux-zen-6.8.zen1-1 & linux-zen-headers-6.8.zen1-1

==> dkms install --no-depmod bcwc-pcie/0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4 -k 6.8.0-zen1-1-zen
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/usr/src/bcwc-pcie-0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4/dkms.conf)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4/build/make.log for more information.

Checked the log referenced, and the error is:

/var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4/build/fthd_v4l2.c: In function ‘fthd_v4l2_register’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.6.8.r2.g2b287d4/build/fthd_v4l2.c:686:10: error: ‘struct vb2_queue’ has no member named ‘min_buffers_needed’
  686 |         q->min_buffers_needed = 1;
      |          ^~

Looks like the change to the #include mentioned by vloq below has already been made permanent so doesn't help here.

vloq commented on 2024-01-25 11:50 (UTC) (edited on 2024-01-25 11:50 (UTC) by vloq)

Had the same problem as @rahulmb.

The following seems to solve the problem:

change

#include <media/videobuf-dma-sg.h>

to

#include <media/videobuf2-dma-sg.h>

in fthd_v4l2.h file.

rahulmb commented on 2024-01-23 00:34 (UTC) (edited on 2024-01-23 00:35 (UTC) by rahulmb)

I'm having trouble for some reason the package isn't building against linux-zen-headers . Anyone suggest troubleshooting steps I could try?

:: Processing package changes...

(1/1) installing bcwc-pcie-git [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%

Optional dependencies for bcwc-pcie-git

linux-headers: Building with the stock kernel

linux-lts-headers: Building with the lts kernel

:: Running post-transaction hooks...

(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

(2/3) Install DKMS modules

==> dkms install --no-depmod bcwc-pcie/0.5.18.r0.g75a2a58 -k 6.7.0-zen3-1-zen

Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.5.18.r0.g75a2a58/source/dkms.conf)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.7.0-zen3-1-zen (x86_64)

Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcwc-pcie/0.5.18.r0.g75a2a58/build/make.log for more information.

==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod bcwc-pcie/0.5.18.r0.g75a2a58 -k 6.7.0-zen3-1-zen' exited 10

(3/3) Generating unified EFI kernel images...

:: Rebuilding all unified kernel images

s_tec commented on 2023-05-26 22:29 (UTC)

I am getting similar errors to nicoandresr, but these are occurring in the "Install DKMS modules" Pacman hook. The package builds just fine, but isn't installable.

ivladak commented on 2023-02-26 18:45 (UTC)

@nicoandresr, I checked the build (makepkg) on a system with linux 6.1.12.arch1-1 and could not reproduce your issue; it builds fine.

I am actually using this driver on a machine running the 5.10.xxx-lts Linux kernel series. That works, too (including the build, which I do locally).

nicoandresr commented on 2023-01-19 11:23 (UTC) (edited on 2023-01-19 13:38 (UTC) by nicoandresr)

I'm getting this error on Kernel 6.1+

==> ERROR: Missing 6.1.6-arch1-3 kernel modules tree for module bcwc-pcie/0.5.18.r0.g75a2a58.

I solved my issue installing and switching to linux-lts kernel:

sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-headers-lts

I'm using systemd-boot instead of grub, so, I copy my boot loader entry with

sudo cp /boot/loader/entries/XXX.conf /boot/loader/entries/linux-lts.conf

XXX.conf is my only boot in that folder, so I copied it and changed it:

/vmlinuz-linux -> /vmlinuz-linux-lts
...
initrd /initramfs-linux.img -> /initramfs-linux-lts.img

I checked the list of boot entries with:

sudo bootctl list

I changed the default kernel with:

sudo bootctl set-default linux-lts.conf

reeboted my machine and I rebuild and installed this package again, my camera works after that!

thank you for making this package!!

PD. please add support for new kernel 6.1.

Zodigram commented on 2022-06-03 23:02 (UTC)

Thanks for making it work on 5.18

ledisthebest commented on 2022-05-29 15:21 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-03 23:15 (UTC) by ledisthebest)

For those of you can't make on kernel version 5.18+, try https://github.com/ledisthebest/facetimehd instead. I added some fixes, works on my own Macbook Air 2013.

Edit(2022-06-03): Kudos to patjak, it just got fixed upstream, so my fix is no longer required: https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd/commit/75a2a5800aa46cbd679847b4d0863a5e3cef3b9e

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