GC2607 Camera Driver — Huawei MateBook Pro VGHH-XX

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Linux camera driver for the GalaxyCore GC2607 sensor with Intel IPU6 support.

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Requirements

• Huawei MateBook Pro VGHH-XX (or similar device with GC2607 sensor)
• Fedora 40+ / Linux kernel 6.x
• kernel-devel package for the running kernel

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Installation

sudo ./install.sh

The script automatically:

• Installs build dependencies
• Builds and registers gc2607.ko via DKMS
• Uses local kernel sources (fallback: kernel.org tarball), patches ipu_bridge for GC2607 support, builds via DKMS
• Builds the C ISP processor (gc2607_isp, ~5% CPU vs ~43% for Python)
• Installs and enables systemd services (gc2607-camera, gc2607-isp)
• Configures v4l2loopback as a single device (/dev/video50, GC2607 Camera)
• Configures WirePlumber routing and user media stack sync (PipeWire/portal)
• Disables known conflicting virtual-webcam.service if present

After the first install, reboot once to ensure all module and media-stack changes are applied cleanly:

sudo reboot

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After a kernel update

DKMS rebuilds both modules automatically on reboot. If something breaks, just re-run:

sudo ./install.sh

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Camera settings

Config file: /etc/gc2607/gc2607.conf

resolution=1920x1080   # or 960x540 for lower CPU usage
fps=30                 # 1–30
brightness=100         # AE target brightness 0–255
saturation=100         # 100 = neutral, 140 = more vivid
wb=auto                # auto, daylight, cloudy, shade,
                       # tungsten, fluorescent, manual
# wb_red=1.8           # only used when wb=manual
# wb_blue=1.6

Apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart gc2607-isp.service

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Service management

# Status
sudo systemctl status gc2607-camera.service gc2607-isp.service

# Live logs
journalctl -u gc2607-camera.service -u gc2607-isp.service -f

# Restart
sudo systemctl restart gc2607-camera.service gc2607-isp.service

# DKMS module status
dkms status

Quick runtime check:

v4l2-ctl --list-devices
wpctl status

You should see GC2607 Camera on /dev/video50.

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Troubleshooting

• If camera appears as device but not as PipeWire source:
  • Reboot once.
  • Then run: sudo ./install.sh again.
• If Chrome does not show camera:
  • Fully close Chrome and reopen it.
  • Check chrome://settings/content/camera and select GC2607 Camera.
• If a conflicting virtual camera appears:
  • Verify virtual-webcam.service is disabled: systemctl status virtual-webcam.service --no-pager

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Uninstall

sudo ./uninstall.sh

Restores the original ipu_bridge module from backup and removes all installed files.

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Files

File	Description
install.sh	Full installer (DKMS + service + config)
uninstall.sh	Full uninstaller with backup restore
gc2607.c	Kernel module source
gc2607_isp.c	Userspace ISP — Bayer→YUYV, ~5% CPU
gc2607-service.sh	Virtual camera service startup script
gc2607_virtualcam.py	Python fallback ISP
Makefile	For manual kernel module builds

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Credits

Based on abbood/gc2607-v4l2-driver — a port of the proprietary GC2607 driver from the Ingenic T41 platform to Linux V4L2 with Intel IPU6 integration.

Special thanks to yegor-alexeyev for identifying the GC2607 sensor in the Huawei MateBook Pro VGHH-XX (source).