Re: [ANN] Open Source US-X2Y firmware

[Martin Langer <martin-langer@gmx.de>]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 07:51:48PM +0200, Martin Langer wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:39:38AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Thu, 27 May 2004 21:26:22 +0200,
> > Martin Langer wrote:
> > > 
> > > if someone is interested in a free (I mean GPL) firmware for the Tascam
> > > US-X2Y devices I can offer an open source replacement for the second stage 
> > > loader alsa-firmware/usx2yloader/tascam_loader.ihx. All three US-X2Y devices
> > > need this file. But I have only tried it out with an US-122 where it works.
> > > 
> > shall i include this into alsa-firmware?
> 
> In which way should it be included?
> - replacing the vendor fw file
> - as alternate fw, maybe with a configure option like 'prefer-free-fw' or so
> 
> Another point is that MidiSportLoader.ihx is 100% identical with
> tascam_loader.ihx. Maybe midisport devices work with this loader too. But I
> have no possibility to test it. Then it would be better to remove the ezusb
> stuff from usx2yloader and create a new chip specific tree for all ez-usb
> devices. Or not? 
> 
> > or should wait for a while until more debugging?
> 
> I guess some us224/midisport test would be nice. But on the other hand the
> loader core is built into the chip and my code is not much more than a few
> init lines.

Ok, now we know that us122, us224 and us428 are working.
So I vote for replacing tascam_loader.ihx :)

Apropos Midisport: What about a free midisport firmware package? A
combination of the gpl firmware by Lars Doelle and this loader. But perhaps
this loader fails for midisport devices --- it's still untested, it's just
an idea. On the other hand it looks like everybody is happy with the
alternate loader from http://usb-midi-fw.sf.net --- file it under $0.02 ;)


martin

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