From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
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 18:37:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F0DC8BC.4040704@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F0DBF90.5050906@pengutronix.de>
On 11.01.2012 17:57, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> 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?
>
Yes. See here:
https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/socketcan-core/2008-June/001613.html
I'll check the mentioned driver packages for license information which i don't
have on my current machine here.
Regards,
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-11 17:37 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
2012-01-11 17:37 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
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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