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Re: Linux kernel image 2.6.23-1 + sound card yamaha YMF-754



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:
> >>>
> >>> <snip>
> >>>
> >>>> firmware request failed: -2
> >>>
> >>> <snip>
> >>>
> >>> 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?

> Let us know how you fare.
>
> Hugo

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