Hi, Would I expect any reaction by maintainers of alsa-tools repository for the patches? On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 04:30:46PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote: > Hi, > > This patchset is for alsa-tool repository[1] to add a new command-line > tool, efw-downloader. The tools is designed to operate on-board flash > memory for devices based on Fireworks board module. The patches are also > available in my personal repository in github.com[2]. > > Fireworks board module was designed by Echo Digital Audio corporation. The > board module has on-board flash memory to store firmware blob and session > data. The contents of flash memory can be operated by software by a pair > of asynchronous transactions defined by Echo Digital Audio corporation. > > Echo Digital Audio corporation also designed file format of firmware. > Hardware Vendors including Echo Digital Audio corporation shipped > several versions of firmware by the format in driver packages for > Windows and macOS. > > The goal of this tool is to operate the flash memory to download any > version of firmware. In this patchset, limited functionalities are added; > read from the flash memory, and parse the content of file. The other > functionalities are planned to added in future work. > > I thinks it possible to put actual firmware blobs into somewhere > suitable for them (alsa-firmware or linux-firmware repositories). I > think it better to prepare the files by reading on-board flash memory, > with enough care of copyright of original firmware files shipped by > vendor. In the case, it's preferable to use file format different > from the original one. But it's my first time for this kind of work. > I'd like to ask some advices to alsa developers. > > [1] https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-tools/ > [2] https://github.com/takaswie/alsa-tools/tree/topic/efw-downloader > > Takashi Sakamoto (25): > efw-downloader: start a new project to operate on-board flash memory > for Fireworks board module > efw-downloader: efw-proto: define EfwProto as derived object of > HinawaFwResp > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add constructor, destructor, bind, unbind > functions > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add responded signal > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add class virtual method to handle > responded signal > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add instance private structure > efw-downloader: efw-proto: emit responded signal at receiving response > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add function to finish transaction for > command frame > efw-downloader: efw-proto: add function to finish a pair of > transactions > efw-downloader: add parser for sub commands > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: implement 'device' sub command to > operate actual device > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: open firewire character device by > HinawaFwNode > efw-downloader: config-rom: parse config rom to detect supported > device > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: check supported models or not > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: bind Fireworks protocol > efw-downloader: node_dispatcher: add event dispatcher utilizing GLib > MainContext/MainLoop > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: support debug output for response of > Fireworks protocol > efw-downloader: efw-commands: add support for a part of hardware > command > efw-downloader: efw-commands: add support for commands in flash > category > efw-downloader: subcmd-device: add read operation > efw-downloader: file-cntr: add parser for data binary shipped by Echo > Digital Audio corporation > efw-downloader: subcmd-file: add 'file' sub command > efw-downloader: subcmd-file: add parse operation > efw-downloader: man: add online manual > efw-downloader: add README formatted by reStructuredText > > efw-downloader/COPYING | 674 ++++++++++++++++++ > efw-downloader/README.rst | 167 +++++ > efw-downloader/man/efw-downloader.1 | 162 +++++ > efw-downloader/meson.build | 14 + > efw-downloader/meson_options.txt | 5 + > efw-downloader/src/config-rom.c | 60 ++ > efw-downloader/src/config-rom.h | 26 + > efw-downloader/src/efw-commands.c | 243 +++++++ > efw-downloader/src/efw-commands.h | 57 ++ > .../src/efw-proto-sigs-marshal.list | 1 + > efw-downloader/src/efw-proto.c | 401 +++++++++++ > efw-downloader/src/efw-proto.h | 80 +++ > efw-downloader/src/file-cntr.c | 183 +++++ > efw-downloader/src/file-cntr.h | 39 + > efw-downloader/src/main.c | 54 ++ > efw-downloader/src/meson.build | 54 ++ > efw-downloader/src/node-dispatcher.c | 86 +++ > efw-downloader/src/node-dispatcher.h | 21 + > efw-downloader/src/op-device-read.c | 104 +++ > efw-downloader/src/op-file-parse.c | 106 +++ > efw-downloader/src/subcmd-device.c | 182 +++++ > efw-downloader/src/subcmd-file.c | 87 +++ > efw-downloader/src/subcmds.h | 16 + > 23 files changed, 2822 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/COPYING > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/README.rst > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/man/efw-downloader.1 > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/meson.build > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/meson_options.txt > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/config-rom.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/config-rom.h > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/efw-commands.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/efw-commands.h > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/efw-proto-sigs-marshal.list > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/efw-proto.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/efw-proto.h > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/file-cntr.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/file-cntr.h > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/main.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/meson.build > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/node-dispatcher.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/node-dispatcher.h > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/op-device-read.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/op-file-parse.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/subcmd-device.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/subcmd-file.c > create mode 100644 efw-downloader/src/subcmds.h > > -- > 2.25.1 Thanks Takashi Sakamoto
