From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Error: firmware not found Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:06:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20050122113702.023929f1.pochini@shiny.it> <1106447855.2368.29.camel@cmn37.stanford.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1106447855.2368.29.camel@cmn37.stanford.edu> 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: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano Cc: Giuliano Pochini , Alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At 22 Jan 2005 18:37:36 -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 02:37, Giuliano Pochini wrote: > > Since my echoaudio driver is the first driver which is using the new > > "standard" firmware loader, I can anticipate what you have to expect when > > other drivers will be converted to that interface: people will not be able > > to make them work. > > > > I don't know what distributions are doing, but it is causing users (and, in > > turn, to me) a lot of trouble. I located these main problems in the latest > > hotplug scripts (hotplug-2004_09_23): > > > > - /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent sets FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware, but > > alsa-firmware install the files in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware . > > Yes, I noticed this and I'm packaging for fc3 / Planet CCRMA (which uses > /lib/firmware) by setting that directory explicitly in the alsa-firmware > configure step. I have at least two users that have successfully used > echoaudio cards. IMO, it's a bug of hotplug if it doesn't look at the old path, /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. Of course, passing the proper path to configure script would be the best solution, though. 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