File conflicts between alsa-firmware and kernel-firmware

[Tim Jackson]

I maintain alsa-firmware and the following bug regarding file conflicts 
between recent versions of kernel-firmware and alsa-firmware got raised today:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487873

I'm not really familiar with the kernel package maintenance, nor who/what 
governs what firmware goes into kernel-firmware (and indeed how that is 
related to the upstream kernel). I had a cursory look at the kernel spec 
in CVS but that didn't appear to have any relevant recent changes that 
were obvious.

I did a diff between the firmware in alsa-firmware and in 
kernel-firmware-2.6.29-0.172.rc6.git4.fc11 and it's clear that although 
there are some overlaps, much of the audio firmware in alsa-firmware isn't 
in kernel-firmware.

The current conflicting files are:

ess/*
korg/*
sb16/*
yamaha/ds1_ctrl.fw
yamaha/ds1_dsp.fw
yamaha/ds1e_ctrl.fw

Things that are in alsa-firmware but NOT in the above version of 
kernel-firmware are:

asihpi/*
digiface*
3g*
ea/*
emu/*
mixart/*
multiface*
pcxhr/*
vx/*
yamaha/yss225_registers.bin
[usx2y, which does something funky so it's not in /lib/firmware]

Either way, it looks like we need to work together on this.

- I'm happy to just drop the conflicting files from alsa-firmware - is
   that the right thing to do?

- Are the above audio firmware files in kernel-firmware there to stay?

- Is there a long term goal to bring all the firmware from alsa-firmware
   upstream into the kernel-firmware package?


Thanks

Tim

[Jarod Wilson]

On Saturday 28 February 2009 11:47:57 Tim Jackson wrote:
>  I maintain alsa-firmware and the following bug regarding file
> conflicts 
>  between recent versions of kernel-firmware and alsa-firmware got raised today:
>  
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487873
>  
>  I'm not really familiar with the kernel package maintenance, nor who/what 
>  governs what firmware goes into kernel-firmware (and indeed how that is 
>  related to the upstream kernel). I had a cursory look at the kernel spec 
>  in CVS but that didn't appear to have any relevant recent changes that 
>  were obvious.
>  
>  I did a diff between the firmware in alsa-firmware and in 
>  kernel-firmware-2.6.29-0.172.rc6.git4.fc11 and it's clear that although 
>  there are some overlaps, much of the audio firmware in alsa-firmware isn't 
>  in kernel-firmware.
>  
>  The current conflicting files are:
>  
>  ess/*
>  korg/*
>  sb16/*
>  yamaha/ds1_ctrl.fw
>  yamaha/ds1_dsp.fw
>  yamaha/ds1e_ctrl.fw
>  
>  Things that are in alsa-firmware but NOT in the above version of 
>  kernel-firmware are:
>  
>  asihpi/*
>  digiface*
>  3g*
>  ea/*
>  emu/*
>  mixart/*
>  multiface*
>  pcxhr/*
>  vx/*
>  yamaha/yss225_registers.bin
>  [usx2y, which does something funky so it's not in /lib/firmware]
>  
>  Either way, it looks like we need to work together on this.
>  
>  - I'm happy to just drop the conflicting files from alsa-firmware - is
>     that the right thing to do? 
I'd say yes. The versions shipped in the kernel are (supposed to be)
known to work with the matching shipped kernel code.

>  - Are the above audio firmware files in kernel-firmware there to
> stay? 
They're put into kernel-firmware as part of the kernel's firmware
"build"
process, so as long as they're part of the kernel, yeah, they'll be there.

>  - Is there a long term goal to bring all the firmware from
> alsa-firmware
>     upstream into the kernel-firmware package? 
No clue... Would have to talk to some alsa folks.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod(a)redhat.com

[Chuck Ebbert]

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:07:38 -0500
Jarod Wilson <jarod(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  
>  > - Is there a long term goal to bring all the firmware from alsa-firmware
>  >    upstream into the kernel-firmware package?
>  
>  No clue... Would have to talk to some alsa folks.
>   
David Woodhouse is working on firmware packaging. He just did a new package:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/dwmw2/firmware/linux-firmwa...

Tim, you might want to ask if he's going to put the ALSA firmware in there.