Debian :

sudo m-a a-i ov519 --text-mode &&   sudo modprobe -v ov519 force_palette=13 && camorama
sudo modprobe -r ov51x ov519

/usr/src/modules/ov519/ov519-main.c: USB OV519 video device found
/usr/src/modules/ov519/ov519-main.c: Sensor is an OV7648
/usr/src/modules/ov519/ov519-main.c: Device at usb-0000:00:02.0-2 registered to minor 0

Ubuntu :

wget http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.tar.gz
# tar xvfz ov51x*.tar.gz && make && make install && depmod -ae

lsmod | grep ov5
sudo modprobe  -rv ov519_decomp
sudo modprobe  -rv ov511
sudo modprobe  -rv ov51x  #  modprobe -v ov51x force_palette=13

sudo modprobe -v ov51x  &&  sudo modprobe -v ov519_decomp  ;  dmesg | tail

sudo modprobe -v ov511
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16.12-k7-amiloa/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16.12-k7-amiloa/kernel/drivers/media/video/compat_ioctl32.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16.12-k7-amiloa/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ov511.ko

[[4330903.875000]] Linux video capture interface: v1.00
[[4330903.882000]] /usr/local/src/ov51x-jpeg-0.5/ov51x.c: USB OV519 video device found
[[4330904.238000]] /usr/local/src/ov51x-jpeg-0.5/ov51x.c: Sensor is an OV7648
[[4330904.342000]] /usr/local/src/ov51x-jpeg-0.5/ov51x.c: Device at usb-0000:00:11.3-1 registered to minor 0
[[4330904.342000]] usbcore: registered new driver ov51x
[[4330904.342000]] /usr/local/src/ov51x-jpeg-0.5/ov51x.c: v1.65-1.11-mark : ov51x USB Camera Driver
[[4330904.362000]] /usr/local/src/ov51x-jpeg-0.5/ov519_decomp.c: v1.4 : OV519 JPEG Decompression Module

usb 1-2.3: rejected 1 configuration due to insufficient available bus power

# insmod /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko
# insmod /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/usb/ov519.ko

mv  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/ov51x.ko  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra/ov51x.bak

cd  /usr/local/src/
wget http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/ov51x-jpeg/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.4.tar.gz
tar xvfz ov51x-jpeg-0.5.4.tar.gz
mv  ov51x-jpeg-0.5.4 ov51x-0.5.4

# /usr/local/src/ov51x-0.5.4 #
dh_make -f ../ov51x-jpeg_0.5.4.orig.tar.gz
sed -e 's|cp -s driver|-cp -s driver|g' debian/rules # ToDo
debuild
debi

cd /usr/src/linux && make-kpkg modules

http://packages.qa.debian.org/o/ov511.html

m-a a-i --text-mode ov511 # [[Ubuntu]]
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__down_read’:
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build/include/asm/rwsem.h:105: error: expected : or ) before KBUILD_BASENAME
...

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/ov511/ov511-source_2.32-1_all.deb

http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2010/10/22/white-trash-repairs-clark-kent-needs-to-work-on-his-subtlety/