Webcam streaming with openwrt backfire

Unlike OpenWrt kamikaze 8.09.2, newest release backfire 10.03 needs the following packages to get a UVC webcam to stream on the web:

# opkg install kmod-usb2 kmod-video-uvc kmod-i2c-core kmod-input-core mjpg-streamer

Start the demon with:

# /etc/init.d/mjpg-streamer start

Stream will be available at: http://ipaddress:8080/?action=stream

Note that an hotplug script was created in /etc/hotplug.d/usb and that the mjpg_streamer will start as soon as the webcam is connected.

Config is in: /etc/config/mjpg-streamer

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