linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Additional firmware files for CA0132 HD-audio codec

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Date:   Sun, 4 Nov 2018 01:00:35 -0400
From:   Connor McAdams <conmanx360@...il.com>
To:     jwboyer@...nel.org
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-firmware@...nel.org,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional firmware files for CA0132 HD-audio codec

Okay, just got a response from the guy at Creative. He said they'll
try to sort it out this week. Just a heads up. :)
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:22 PM Connor McAdams <conmanx360@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Understood. I will see what I can do. I already had them contact
> Takashi, but I will ask if they're willing to give a sign-off. If
> they're having trouble, is it okay to have them contact you Josh?
>
> Let me know.
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:44 AM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:37 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:49:23 +0200,
> > > Connor McAdams wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The following changes since commit c6b6265d718d118e28e1ce8f91769aa886b54c94:
> > > >
> > > >   Merge tag 'iwlwifi-fw-2018-10-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/linux-firmware (2018-10-08 09:23:53 -0400)
> > > >
> > > > are available in the git repository at:
> > > >
> > > >   git@...hub.com:Conmanx360/linux-firmware.git
> > > >
> > > > for you to fetch changes up to cd8899323352e772c5989230f35b1c494e0ab196:
> > > >
> > > >   linux-firmware: Add new firmware for Creative CA0132 HD-Audio Codec (2018-10-09 14:41:12 -0400)
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > These are additional firmware files for CA0132 based sound cards.
> > > >
> > > > Creative has given me permission through email to send these to the
> > > > linux-firmware repository under the same license as the previous ca0132
> > > > firmware. I asked my contact if they would sign-off on it, but they said
> > > > to go ahead and submit it and that if there was any issue to contact
> > > > them.
> > > >
> > > > If you need to contact them, or if there's more info needed, let me know
> > > > and I can get see what I can do.
> >
> > I'd really like to see a Sign-off from someone at Creative.  It's not
> > that I don't trust your word that they agreed to it, but we have
> > nothing to go back and verify they actually agreed to allow this to be
> > redistributable, etc.
> >
> > josh
> >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Connor McAdams (1):
> > > >       linux-firmware: Add new firmware for Creative CA0132 HD-Audio Codec
> > > >
> > > >  WHENCE            |   2 ++
> > > >  ctefx-desktop.bin | Bin 0 -> 655856 bytes
> > > >  ctefx-r3di.bin    | Bin 0 -> 655816 bytes
> > > >  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 ctefx-desktop.bin
> > > >  create mode 100644 ctefx-r3di.bin
> > >
> > > Please can anyone take a look at this pull request?
> > >
> > > It's mandatory for the CA0132-based cards that are now supported
> > > better in the upstream kernel tree.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Takashi