From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
To: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Cc: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>,
"linux-can@vger.kernel.org" <linux-can@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Softing Firmware on gitorious
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:57:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F0DBF90.5050906@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F0DB66F.50509@hartkopp.net>
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On 01/11/2012 05:18 PM, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Hello Kurt,
>
> i just uploaded the Softing firmware from BerliOS to our new
>
> https://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-misc
>
> git repository.
>
> See at
>
> https://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-misc/blobs/master/firmware/softing-fw-4.6-binaries.tar.gz
>
> Currently the only reference is in the Linux Kernel in the Softing Kconfig:
>
> config CAN_SOFTING_CS
> tristate "Softing Gmbh CAN pcmcia cards"
> depends on PCMCIA
> depends on CAN_SOFTING
> ---help---
> Support for PCMCIA cards from Softing Gmbh & some cards
> from Vector Gmbh.
> You need firmware for these, which you can get at
> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/socketcan/
> This version of the driver is written against
> firmware version 4.6 (softing-fw-4.6-binaries.tar.gz)
> In order to use the card as CAN device, you need the Softing generic
> support too.
>
>
> The question is now:
>
> 1. change the link in the Kconfig
> 2. Add the PCMCIA firmware to the Linux Kernel (linux/firmware/*.ihex)
> 3. 1 & 2
3.
It would be nice to have a license statement on that files. As these are
in binary form, the driver would be removed from the debian kernel.
What's the official source of that firmware? Do we have a contact to
softing?
Marc
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-11 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-11 16:18 Softing Firmware on gitorious Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-11 16:57 ` Alexander Stein
2012-01-11 18:06 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-11 16:57 ` Marc Kleine-Budde [this message]
2012-01-11 17:37 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-12 8:25 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:02 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:13 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-01-12 9:30 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:34 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-01-12 10:01 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 10:12 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
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