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Re: Linux kernel image 2.6.23-1 + sound card yamaha YMF-754
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601(at)care2.com>
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 07:42:16 EST
>>>> On 12/29/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, the card is YMF754, so if fits into the ones, and the
>>>> problem is also about firmware, so you seem to have
>>>> identified the issue...
>>>> If this is actually the issue, is there a way to work around
>>>> it? Maybe downloadind the firmware from somewhere and
>>>> placing into a specific directory? Maybe just like it's
>>>> done for ipw2100/ipw2200?
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 07:42:16 EST
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Saturday December 29 2007 17:53:15 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On Saturday December 29 2007 16:59:09 Javier Vasquez wrote:
>>>> On 12/29/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
>>>>> Javier Vasquez wrote: >>>>>> Happy holidays ! >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a toshiba satellite 2800-S202, with a yamaha sound >>>>>> card YMF-754. From the lspci output I see: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> firmware request failed: -2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I see this in the changelog for 2.6.23-1 (I am only now >>>>> dnlding 2.6.23-2): >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> * Remove binary only firmwares for: >>>>> ... >>>>> - Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> Could that be related? >>>>> >>>>> Hugo
>>>> Well, the card is YMF754, so if fits into the ones, and the
>>>> problem is also about firmware, so you seem to have
>>>> identified the issue...
>>>>
>>>> If this is actually the issue, is there a way to work around
>>>> it? Maybe downloadind the firmware from somewhere and
>>>> placing into a specific directory? Maybe just like it's
>>>> done for ipw2100/ipw2200?
>>> Roll your own kernel.org kernel. Using your existing .config >>> file, it shouldn't be too hard. >> As the matter of fact rolling the Debian i386_none_686 kernel I >> see that the config file has: >> >> ... >> # CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set >> ... >> >> just change that, I prefer with make menuconfig and recompile >> as set forth in this list previously and voila! you have your >> Debian kernel but with the firmware again for your soundcard. > > Since the binary firmware has been "physically" removed, will that > have any effect? >
Good question. Don't know. Javier will have to let us know. My guess is that not too many people go through a recompile. In 2.6.23-2 there still is a "simple patch" that I have to disable. Why? Who knows, it apparently does not involve hw or arch of my setup.
Hugo
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