add touchscreen support to pre-compiled rpi-update kernels

[agentsmithitaly]

Hi to all,
I'm currently struggling in cross-compiling a linux kernel that includes both drivers for touchscreens and uvcvideo module for webcams. The fact that I have an internet connection with just a 20GB/month allowance doesn't help either.
The pre-compiled kernel from rpi-update includes uvcvideo module but not the touchscreen drivers (https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tr ... ouchscreen)
The precompiled 3.6.11 kernel made by Andrei that I found on his page (http://www.engineering-diy.blogspot.ro/ ... -results=3) has in-built touchscreen support but no uvcvideo module

Since there are a lot of people tinkering with Rpi+touchscreen, would it be possible to add touchscreen drivers into the master branch of rpi-update kernel?

Thanks
Nick

[wangps]

Hi Nick:
Recently I was facing exactly the same problem as you did when tring using an eGalax touchscreen and a uvc camera on the Pi. I tried re-compiling the kernel from raspberrypi on github, adding the usbtouchscreen driver, and both worked fine.

So one solution I think, is just following Andrei's instructions and compile newest kernel from the master branch of official source.

Wang