Bug#510780: closed by Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk (Re: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed)
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 14:18 +0100, Stefan Pofahl wrote: Hello Ben, I don't know why, but I needed the link. As you noted, soundcore was renamed to snd. Nothing is missing and there is no need to make a symbolic link. I'm a greenhorn, so I don't know what is happening during kernel compilation, my impression is: During compilation not only the kernel sources are checked, but that it is also relevand on which machine or under which kernel you compile the new one. It should not matter much, as long as you have a working compiler and use the same processor architecture. Please remove the section 'Check the modules of your kernel' from http://www.jpberlin.de/st.pofahl/html/science-and-software/Gnu-Linux/alsa-sound.html as it is bad advice. My soundcard works now, so I'm not interested to test, if the bug is still there. Is there chance that the firmware for yamaha soundcards will be included in the kernel source or that there will be a firmware package in the debian distribution? [...] Most firmware that is distributed only in binary form can be packaged as part of firmware-nonfree, but this depends on the exact terms of its licence. The documentation for firmware extracted from the Linux source (firmware/WHENCE) says: Driver: ymfpci -- Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 audio devices File: yamaha/ds1_ctrl.fw File: yamaha/ds1_dsp.fw File: yamaha/ds1e_ctrl.fw Licence: Unknown Found alsa-firmware package in hex form, with the following comment: Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Yamaha Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Unfortunately this means we have no explicit permission to distribute. It was presumably intended that the firmware could be distributed along with the driver that loads it, but it's less clear that we can do so as a separate package which is not officially part of the Debian system. We have tried to reduce legal risk for Debian and its mirrors by removing such firmware completely. In some cases I have tried contacting copyright holders to get such explicit permission but I have rarely been successful. You are welcome to help by searching for appropriate contacts at Yamaha and making such a request. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#510780: closed by Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk (Re: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed)
Hello Ben, I don't know why, but I needed the link. As you noted, soundcore was renamed to snd. Nothing is missing and there is no need to make a symbolic link. I'm a greenhorn, so I don't know what is happening during kernel compilation, my impression is: During compilation not only the kernel sources are checked, but that it is also relevand on which machine or under which kernel you compile the new one. My soundcard works now, so I'm not interested to test, if the bug is still there. Is there chance that the firmware for yamaha soundcards will be included in the kernel source or that there will be a firmware package in the debian distribution? Regards, stefan *** 2009/10/25 Debian Bug Tracking System ow...@bugs.debian.org: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the linux-2.6 package: #510780: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed It has been closed by Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk by replying to this email. -- 510780: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510780 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- From: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk To: 510780-d...@bugs.debian.org Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:19:26 + Subject: Re: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 21:55 +0100, Stefan Pofahl wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486 Version: 2.6.24-4 Severity: important bug=466570 Hello! Installing the firmware is not enough, the modul soundcore.ko is still necessary. [...] I published advice for Yamaha hardware: http://www.jpberlin.de/st.pofahl/html/science-and-software/Gnu-Linux/alsa-sound.html As you noted, soundcore was renamed to snd. Nothing is missing and there is no need to make a symbolic link. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- From: Stefan Pofahl ste...@pofahl.de To: sub...@bugs.debian.org Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:55:43 +0100 Subject: Re: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486 Version: 2.6.24-4 Severity: important bug=466570 Hello! Installing the firmware is not enough, the modul soundcore.ko is still necessary. It would be fine to put some advice in the kernel documentation or to fix the bug, it is still present in version 2.6.26-12. I published advice for Yamaha hardware: http://www.jpberlin.de/st.pofahl/html/science-and-software/Gnu-Linux/alsa-sound.html Regards, Stefan -- Tel.: 0731-3805149 Ochsensteige 48 89075 Ulm -- Tel.: 0731-3805149 Ochsensteige 48 89075 Ulm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510780: closed by Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk (Re: linux-image-2.6.24-1-486: sound card YMF-724F, firmware request failed)
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:18:08PM +0100, Stefan Pofahl wrote: Is there chance that the firmware for yamaha soundcards will be included in the kernel source or that there will be a firmware package in the debian distribution? unknown license with no redistribution right, guess if one would ask the license holder, maybe it can get distributed. Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Yamaha Corporation. All Rights Reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
