From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Hartkopp Subject: Re: Softing Firmware on gitorious Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:37:00 +0100 Message-ID: <4F0DC8BC.4040704@hartkopp.net> References: <4F0DB66F.50509@hartkopp.net> <4F0DBF90.5050906@pengutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.161]:17040 "EHLO mo-p00-ob.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757847Ab2AKRhM (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:37:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4F0DBF90.5050906@pengutronix.de> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Marc Kleine-Budde Cc: Kurt Van Dijck , "linux-can@vger.kernel.org" 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