making very little progress but I think I know what's going on.. the USB device is being loaded as /dev/video3 and not as /dev/video0 which I assume is what most applications are looking for.
This was me plugging and unplugging the camera. I believe this also tells me that the kernel already is set for the camera.
root@flo:/ # ls -l /dev/v*
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 2 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 3 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev2
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 4 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev3
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 5 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev4
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 7 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev5
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 9 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev6
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 10 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev7
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 11 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev8
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 12 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev9
crw------- root root 7, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs
crw------- root root 7, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs1
crw------- root root 7, 128 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa
crw------- root root 7, 129 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa1
crw------- root root 10, 127 2014-04-22 21:54 vga_arbiter
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 video0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 6 2014-04-22 21:54 video1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 8 2014-04-22 21:54 video2
root@flo:/ # ls -l /dev/v*
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 2 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 3 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev2
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 4 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev3
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 5 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev4
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 7 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev5
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 9 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev6
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 10 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev7
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 11 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev8
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 12 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev9
crw------- root root 7, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs
crw------- root root 7, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs1
crw------- root root 7, 128 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa
crw------- root root 7, 129 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa1
crw------- root root 10, 127 2014-04-22 21:54 vga_arbiter
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 video0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 6 2014-04-22 21:54 video1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 8 2014-04-22 21:54 video2
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 14 2014-04-22 21:56 video3
root@flo:/ # ls -l /dev/v*
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 2 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 3 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev2
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 4 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev3
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 5 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev4
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 7 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev5
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 9 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev6
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 10 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev7
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 11 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev8
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 12 2014-04-22 21:54 v4l-subdev9
crw------- root root 7, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs
crw------- root root 7, 1 2014-04-22 21:54 vcs1
crw------- root root 7, 128 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa
crw------- root root 7, 129 2014-04-22 21:54 vcsa1
crw------- root root 10, 127 2014-04-22 21:54 vga_arbiter
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 0 2014-04-22 21:54 video0
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 6 2014-04-22 21:54 video1
crw-rw---- system camera 81, 8 2014-04-22 21:54 video2
root@flo:/ #