From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Error: firmware not found Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:06:15 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Giuliano Pochini Cc: Thierry Vignaud , Alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:32:27 +0100 (CET), Giuliano Pochini wrote: > > > On 24-Jan-2005 Thierry Vignaud wrote: > > Giuliano Pochini writes: > > > >> This is not good because some cards (in my case the Layla3G and the > >> Gina3G) have the same PCI card, but different external module. > > > > you mean that you've one of this card and that hotplug loads the wrong > > module ? > > Yes. > > > > if yes, this is a driver bug indeed. > > No, it isn't, because those devices use the same PCI card, that is > the kernel reports the same PCI ID/subID's. The driver has to load > the firmware and then it asks the DSP what (if any) external box is > attached. If it is the wrong driver it exits with -ENODEV. Hmm, but having two drivers for the identical PCI ID/subID isn't good. Isn't it possible to determine in the driver level which model it is? Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl