Re: Firmware in da wonderland

[poma <pomidorabelisima@gmail.com>]

On 07/21/2012 05:35 PM, Antti Palosaari wrote:
> On 07/21/2012 06:32 PM, poma wrote:
>>
>> This one speak for itself;
>> …
>> usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
>> usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0ccd, idProduct=0097
>> usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 DVB-T TV Stick
>> usb 1-1: Manufacturer: NEWMI
>> usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 010101010600001
>> dvb-usb: found a 'TerraTec Cinergy T Stick RC' in cold state, will try
>> to load a firmware
>> dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-af9015.fw) Please see
>> linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2)
>> dvb_usb_af9015: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -2
>> input: NEWMI USB2.0 DVB-T TV Stick as
>> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/input/input18
>> generic-usb 0003:0CCD:0097.0007: input,hidraw6: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard
>> [NEWMI USB2.0 DVB-T TV Stick] on usb-0000:00:04.1-1/input1
>> …
>> FW path:
>> /usr/lib/firmware/dvb-usb-af9015.fw
>> Is it somehow related to Fedora UsrMove!?
>> Or Fedora itself :)
> 
> Bug 827538 - DVB USB device firmware requested in module_init()
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827538
> 
> Antti

Live Fast(Driver) Die Young(Firmware) ;)
Directed by Udev & Systemd
"…firmware should in general be requested asynchronously…"
Obviously, some of communication in Red Hat R&D team is done
asynchronously, too.
Nice.
But Hey, Fedora is all about test drive ;)

Antti, keep up the good work!

regards,
poma