linux-kernel - testers needed for drivers/usb/misc/emi*.c

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Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:18:22 +0100
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: testers needed for drivers/usb/misc/emi*.c

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 17:35, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > > I suggest the following optimizations:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Change structure to
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > typedef struct _INTEL_HEX_RECORD
> > > > > > {
> > > > > >         __u8   type;
> > > > > >         __u8   length;
> > > > > >         __u16   address;
> > > > > >         __u8    data[MAX_INTEL_HEX_RECORD_LENGTH];
> > > > > > } INTEL_HEX_RECORD __attribute__((__packed__));
> > > > > 
> > > > > Only if you redo the whole firmware image too :)
> > > > 
> > > > I did. It wasn't hard.
> > > 
> > > Great, send me a patch then :)
> > 
> > Here is it. Sending off-list due to size.
> > 
> > emi.code.patch contains changes to firmware loading code.
> > emi.fw.patch.bz2 contains modified firmware images.
> > 
> > I don't have this hardware, thus I wrote test programs which
> > mimic firmware loading in userspace (they dump filrmware
> > in hex to stdout). See testing.tar.bz2.
> 
> Can you find someone with this hardware to test this patch?  I'll not be
> able to take it until you do as the device might be assuming some of
> these firmware requirements that you changed.

No, I don't know any users who have this device.

Changing subject and CCing lkml, just in case.
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vda
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