At Sat, 19 May 2007 20:52:50 +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote: > > The code it is built with is BSD licenced - it comes (originally) from > Kallistios (a game devel system - here: > http://gamedev.allusion.net/svn/snapshots/ > > A copy of the source is also here: > http://linuxdc.cvs.sourceforge.net/linuxdc/linux-sh-dc/sound/oss/aica/firmware/ > > The firmware module should be in the standard directory (/lib/firmware/) > > For a document: > > The Dreamcast comes with an ARM7 processor that handles sound > processing and has its own 2MB of RAM. The firmware is a short piece > of code that starts/resets the ARM7 and establishes buffers for a left > and a right hand channel and proceeds to 'play' the data in them. Most > of the main (SH4) driver code is concerned with managing the transfer > of data into those two buffers. > > The C code for the firmware is taken from the Kallistios game > development system and is licenced under BSD terms. It is copyright > 2000 to Dan Potter and can be reviewed at > http://linuxdc.cvs.sourceforge.net/linuxdc/linux-sh-dc/sound/oss/aica/firmware/ > > To ensure this works with your Dreamcast please ensure the file > aica_firmware.bin is placed in the /lib/firmware/ directory. Well, I meant a document "file", which should be distributed together with the firmware binary. Could you attach a file? I'll be able to cut and paste the texts above, but I'd like to make sure. thanks, Takashi > On 19/05/07, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > At Fri, 18 May 2007 23:41:08 +0100, > > Adrian McMenamin wrote: > > > > > > Please add this to the firmware repo > > > > Any notes on copyright and license? Where to be installed? > > A brief document would be appreciated, too. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > Takashi > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
