Re: [irda-users] stir4210 device

[Andrew \ruskie\ L. <ru...@ma...>]

William Adams wrote :

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew "ruskie" Levstik" <ru...@ma...>
> To: <ird...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [irda-users] stir4210 device
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> William Adams wrote :
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> > an examination of the sigmatel 4210 driver suggests this is correct.
> > however it seems the loading of the firmware is about all it does do.
> > stripping the surrounding wrapper from the sigmatel patch files,
> > uppercasing them and using fxload via hotplug to load them is
> > what comes to mind along with  a few parameter changes to the
> >  4200 driver.
> >
> > it's not guaranteed to work and the non gpl nature of the patch
> > files is certainly a problem.
> >
> > the idea of a gpl driver that does little besides loading non gpl
> > code is disturbing.
> >
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> can the sigmatel patch files legally be used outside the scope of the
> sigmatel
> 4210 driver?
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> if so, some alternatives may be available and it may take a little whil=
e.
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There is no COPYING or LICENSE file in the tarball of the patches availab=
le
from their site[http://www.sigmatel.com/products/tech-support.htm]:

STIR4210/4220/4116 TA4 and TA5 Linux Patch Files (tar, Version 1.0, 10070=
4, 40 Kb)
The file contains Firmware Patches for the STIR4210 TA4 and the STIR4210/=
4220/4116 TA5. This=20
patch is required for normal operation of the Linux Driver.
http://www.sigmatel.com/documents/stir4210_4220_4116_patch_files.tar.gz

As far as I can tell(from the README in the driver) the patch firmware
is applied by the sgtlpatch application in the tools directory of the dri=
ver.

And they still haven't replied to my inquriy re: 2.6 support... I'll let =
you know
if I get a response from them in any way.

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Andrew "ruskie" Levstik
Source Mage GNU/Linux Games grimoire guru

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