From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Langer Subject: Re: [ANN] Open Source US-X2Y firmware Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:15:39 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040720211538.GA521@tuba.home> References: <20040527192622.GA1966@tuba.home> <20040601175147.GA572@tuba.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040601175147.GA572@tuba.home> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Takashi Iwai , Karsten Wiese List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 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 -- Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the sun. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click