Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2002-02-05 Thread Richard W. Knight
Oops, here's the attachment. Thanks, Rick Knight ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ken Hahn wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2001 Greg KH wrote: > > >>I'd accept a patch for a driver that has the firmware _within_ the >>driver, just like the current usb-serial drivers do. >> >>This will let people use the driver tod

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2002-02-05 Thread Richard W. Knight
Ken, Congradulations on your engagement. I applied your patch last night to a clean 2.4.17 kernel, ran "make xconfig" to confiure the new kernel source (with Backpack modules) and then tried to make the kernel and modules. Kernel compile went fine but when I tried to make the modules I ran in

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2002-02-04 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 12:13:19AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > On Monday 04 February 2002 21:29, Ken Hahn wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2001 Greg KH wrote: > > > I'd accept a patch for a driver that has the firmware _within_ the > > > driver, just like the current usb-serial drivers do. > > > > > > This

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2002-02-04 Thread Oliver Neukum
On Monday 04 February 2002 21:29, Ken Hahn wrote: > On Dec 19, 2001 Greg KH wrote: > > I'd accept a patch for a driver that has the firmware _within_ the > > driver, just like the current usb-serial drivers do. > > > > This will let people use the driver today, and when we finally get the > > firm

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-20 Thread Richard Knight
Thanks Ken, I appreciate your help. I've tried "make -f Makefile.dat" and I've dropped the .dat off the file and used "make" but each time I get the same error... make: *** No rule to make target `bpckusb.c', needed by `bpckusb.o'. Stop Could your mailer have stripped something else out of th

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-20 Thread Ken Hahn
Hi, Lets see... ah... - Original Message - From: "Richard Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I posted yesterday with the subject "Backpack USB Adapter" without > realizing this thread was dealing with that device. > > I downloaded Ken Hahn's code from April but can't

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Ken Hahn wrote: > > So my question is: > Ok, where do I put this NOW? I'd accept a patch for a driver that has the firmware _within_ the driver, just like the current usb-serial drivers do. This will let people use the driver today, and when we fina

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread Ken Hahn
Nope.. it isn't 3 lines... see below - Original Message - From: "David Brownell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ken Hahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The defined method involves providing a script in /etc/hotplug/usb/... > > > invoking "fxload" with the right firmware fo

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread David Brownell
> > The defined method involves providing a script in /etc/hotplug/usb/... > > invoking "fxload" with the right firmware for the particular device IDs. > > http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=usb describes it > > (at the end of the page). > > > I did that. Added to usb.handmap the lines

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread Ken Hahn
- Original Message - From: "David Brownell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ken Hahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In addition, the firmware loading aspect of the linux-hotplug is not > > solid yet (they have a program (fxload) but not a defined method > > ( a directory that ge

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread David Brownell
> In addition, the firmware loading aspect of the linux-hotplug is not > solid yet (they have a program (fxload) but not a defined method > ( a directory that gets scanned ?). The defined method involves providing a script in /etc/hotplug/usb/... invoking "fxload" with the right firmware for the

Re: [linux-usb-devel] Firmware Frustration

2001-12-19 Thread Oliver.Neukum
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Ken Hahn wrote: > *breathing deeply* > > Ok, I'm just a bit frustrated. Still appreciate all that goes on here. Thank all of >you. > Wish all good holiday type feelings. Ok, so you have a device that needs a firmware download to be supported by the ordinary usb storage driv