Forwarded from the good people at Linuxant. Tobin -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Marc Boucher <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Tobin Davis <tdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linuxant support (Jonathan) <support@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Code relsease to alsa. Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:33:03 -0500 Tobin, As promised here is our current tentative patch (relative to the current ALSA development tree in hg) for merging with ALSA. It is also available from: http://www.linuxant.com/alsa-hg-20080120.patch Naturally the changes are released under the GPL, so feel free to integrate them. Comments and improvements are welcome. Kind regards, Marc -- Marc Boucher Linuxant inc. http://www.linuxant.com On 19-Jan-08, at 6:40 PM, Marc Boucher wrote: > > Hi Tobin, > > We have isolated the modifications in patch form and are currently > working to merge them with the latest ALSA tree / submit them back > upstream. > > By the way, all changes and code under the modules/GPL/ directory > (including the hda subdirectory) of our modem driver are released > under the GPL, so you would be free to take these fixes if you'd like. > > However you would be also welcome to reviewing the patches that we > are about to submit. I will arrange to send you a copy asap (should > be next week). > > Kind regards, (and many thanks for your great contributions to ALSA) > > Marc > > PS: We could also try to help you getting any missing info on the > CX20561 or other things from Conexant... > > -- > Marc Boucher > Linuxant inc. > http://www.linuxant.com > > On 19-Jan-08, at 1:07 PM, Tobin Davis wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm the developer that put the current audio support for the >> Conexant HD Audio codecs in alsa. I worked many hours on this, >> with testers around the world sending me feedback. Most of the >> work was done prior to Conexant offering me any documentation. I >> have since received documentation for both CX20549 (Venice), and >> CX20551 (Waikiki), but am waiting for the latest info on the new >> CX20561, which you apparently already have. >> >> I have also seen in your mailing list that you are providing >> several fixes to the audio portion of my code, but only making them >> available to users of your code, which requires a license agreement >> that I believe is incompatible with the GPL. At the least, it >> prohibits someone like me taking any of these fixes and putting >> them in the mainstream alsa, where more users would benefit from >> them. >> >> What I'm asking, is if you could at least provide the audio >> modifications back upstream to alsa? It would help out far more >> users (modem usage is on the decline - sorry), and you would have >> some benefit in that your name would be in the source as well. >> >> >> -- >> Tobin Davis <tdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- Tobin Davis no maintenance: Impossible to fix.
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