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From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: Softing Firmware on gitorious
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:57:52 +0100
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On 01/11/2012 05:18 PM, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Hello Kurt,
>=20
> i just uploaded the Softing firmware from BerliOS to our new=20
>=20
> https://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-misc
>=20
> git repository.
>=20
> See at=20
>=20
> https://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-misc/blobs/master/firmware/softing-=
fw-4.6-binaries.tar.gz
>=20
> Currently the only reference is in the Linux Kernel in the Softing Kcon=
fig:
>=20
> 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.
>=20
>=20
> The question is now:
>=20
> 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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