linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: fix multiple eMagic 6|2m regressions introduced in 2.6.27

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:58 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	Monty Montgomery <xiphmont@...il.com>,
	Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: fix multiple eMagic 6|2m regressions introduced in 2.6.27

David Woodhouse wrote:
> Where did the new firmware come from?

Sorry, I snipped that part of Monty's mail:
> > This problem can be traced to the
> > linux/firmware/emi62/bistream.HEX file, which is loading different
> > FPGA firmware as compared to the driver pre-2.6.27.  In fact, it is
> > loading an exact copy of the bistream firmware file that belongs to
> > the emi26 driver rather than the firmware that previously belonged to
> > the emi62. A new firmware/emi62/bitstream.HEX file generated from the
> > old driver's header corrects the problem and the 6|2 works as it did
> > before.
> > 
> > Note that the current firmware/emi62/bitstream.HEX mistakenly
> > identifies itself as:
> > 
> > // VERSION= 1.0.0.191
> > // DATE= 2002oct28
> > 
> > ...this is incorrect and apparently cut out of the old emi62 driver's
> > firmware header and pasted onto the other firmware file.
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