Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
From: David Henningsson david.hennings...@canonical.com Actually, a closer look shows that this in fact did not make it into Maverick (10.10), but the actual work has been done and it seems like it will show up in Natty (11.04). Sorry for the confusion. Hello there, I just noticed that Natty (11.04) Alpha 2 was released and that remind me this issue. I've checked linux-firmware_1.46_all.deb from Natty repo and it still not contain missing firmware from alsa-firmware package. Is anything new with this in Ubuntu/Debian? Kind regards mira -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/183347.11819.8677-24283-817975218-1296846...@seznam.cz
Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
On 2010-10-19 00:37, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:43 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: Sorry for double posting I forgot CC pkg-alsa-devel mailing list Hi, I recently started discussion on pkg-alsa-devel mailing list that it would be nice have alsa-firmware package in Debian like other distro have (Ubuntu, 64Studio, Fedora, Arch linux). ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.23.tar.bz2 This package bringing bunch of firmware for professional sound cards like RME's multiface and digiface and many others. (emu, digigram, echoaudio etc.) These firmwares are loaded by programs like hdsploader, vxloader and others which are part of alsa-firmware-loaders package, which is already in debian. In discussion was noted that the upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 has merged alsa-firmware into linux-firmware. The question is, Should be alsa-firmware shipped in same way in Debian? http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=cndougla/linux-firmware.git;a=log;h=maverick Actually, a closer look shows that this in fact did not make it into Maverick (10.10), but the actual work has been done and it seems like it will show up in Natty (11.04). Sorry for the confusion. Thank you for your comments/suggestions Debian's firmware-linux-nonfree is specifically for firmware images that used to be embedded in drivers in our kernel image packages. We generate a number of other binary packages from its source package, firmware-nonfree, and could add one or more containing the sound card firmware. However I think these firmware images should be added to the linux-firmware.git repository first, as that is the 'upstream' used as a base for most distributions that provide firmware packages. Definitely. And so I offer the same assistance to David Woodhouse as I do to you in Debian - willingness to answer questions etc, to make this happen. You are welcome to help me remind him to actually pick these things up. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. http://launchpad.net/~diwic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cbd607e.6000...@canonical.com
Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
Od: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:43 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: The question is, Should be alsa-firmware shipped in same way in Debian? Debian's firmware-linux-nonfree is specifically for firmware images that used to be embedded in drivers in our kernel image packages. We generate a number of other binary packages from its source package, firmware-nonfree, and could add one or more containing the sound card firmware. However I think these firmware images should be added to the linux-firmware.git repository first, as that is the 'upstream' used as a base for most distributions that provide firmware packages. Hi Ben, thank you for your answer. Can I take it as it is on your TODO list now? Or is there something more what should be done? Please let me know I am ready to get involved if needed. best regards mira -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/142721.25958.43751-16459-1852634492-1287480...@seznam.cz
Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
On 2010-10-19 12:31, David Woodhouse wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 10:10 +0100, David Henningsson wrote: However I think these firmware images should be added to the linux-firmware.git repository first, as that is the 'upstream' used as a base for most distributions that provide firmware packages. Definitely. And so I offer the same assistance to David Woodhouse as I do to you in Debian - willingness to answer questions etc, to make this happen. You are welcome to help me remind him to actually pick these things up. Where do I pick them up from? The git tree referenced above seems to add to a 'WHENCE.ubuntu' file instead of the main WHENCE file. Oh. The idea was to keep the firmwares you haven't picked up in WHENCE.ubuntu, in order to make merging easier for us during that transition period. Just making a commit that puts all information that is now in WHENCE.ubuntu into WHENCE is not hard, so let me know if you need help with that. I'm also thinking of moving to something based on http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat and adding extra metadata about the earliest/latest kernels for which any given firmware file is relevant, as well as a simple 'build' system. Okay. I don't have much opinion on that matter, but if you decide to do so, I'm certain that we will follow your conventions for future additions and contributions to linux-firmware. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. http://launchpad.net/~diwic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cbd78a9.4040...@canonical.com
Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 10:10 +0100, David Henningsson wrote: However I think these firmware images should be added to the linux-firmware.git repository first, as that is the 'upstream' used as a base for most distributions that provide firmware packages. Definitely. And so I offer the same assistance to David Woodhouse as I do to you in Debian - willingness to answer questions etc, to make this happen. You are welcome to help me remind him to actually pick these things up. Where do I pick them up from? The git tree referenced above seems to add to a 'WHENCE.ubuntu' file instead of the main WHENCE file. I'm also thinking of moving to something based on http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat and adding extra metadata about the earliest/latest kernels for which any given firmware file is relevant, as well as a simple 'build' system. -- David WoodhouseOpen Source Technology Centre david.woodho...@intel.com Intel Corporation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1287484275.15412.11.ca...@i7.infradead.org
Re: alsa-firmware in firmware-linux-non-free package
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:43 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: Sorry for double posting I forgot CC pkg-alsa-devel mailing list Hi, I recently started discussion on pkg-alsa-devel mailing list that it would be nice have alsa-firmware package in Debian like other distro have (Ubuntu, 64Studio, Fedora, Arch linux). ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.23.tar.bz2 This package bringing bunch of firmware for professional sound cards like RME's multiface and digiface and many others. (emu, digigram, echoaudio etc.) These firmwares are loaded by programs like hdsploader, vxloader and others which are part of alsa-firmware-loaders package, which is already in debian. In discussion was noted that the upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 has merged alsa-firmware into linux-firmware. The question is, Should be alsa-firmware shipped in same way in Debian? http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=cndougla/linux-firmware.git;a=log;h=maverick Thank you for your comments/suggestions Debian's firmware-linux-nonfree is specifically for firmware images that used to be embedded in drivers in our kernel image packages. We generate a number of other binary packages from its source package, firmware-nonfree, and could add one or more containing the sound card firmware. However I think these firmware images should be added to the linux-firmware.git repository first, as that is the 'upstream' used as a base for most distributions that provide firmware packages. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
