Please build the joystick and video4linux modules into the Alpha generic kernel. You already have the XFree86 support for joysticks so why not make use of it. Also, I've tested Quickcam's on Alpha boxes and they work fine. You don't support joysticks and media cards anyway, so why not build them and give a disclaimer? I'm sure most of the modules work as well as they do on Intel by this time. In fact, why not just build every module you can with the current kernel? The kernel doesn't fit on a floppy anyway, so there is no need to be stingy with drivers. :-)
I added the Video4Linux modules to the build as per AC. He will get back to me about what joystick modules I need to turn on later.
Have the joystick modules been added yet too? I hope you can at least add analog joystick support.
Assigned to dledford
Bugger, these somehow fell out between 2.2.12-42 and the 2.2.13-0.9 that shipped on alpha.
The video4linux and joystick modules are still missing from the Rawhide kernel 2.2.14-1.3.0. I hope you can include these in the next release on Alpha. As it stands, in order to use xawtv, vic, and joystick (shipped with PowerTools) you need these included.
The kernel SRPM in Red Hat Linux 6.95 builds the joystick and v4l modules on the alpha kernels.