I get it, someone wrote a loader for the midisport, I use the quattro, but I haven't had the firmware issue with it, the midi works as a normal snd-usb device from alsa. On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Brian Redfern wrote: > > Out of curiosity (being somewhat hardware illiterate), what is a > > "DFU loader"? > > The "Device Firmware Upgrade Specification" describes a vendor- and > device-independent way of downloading a firmware image to a USB > device. Older USB devices from Midiman (MidiSport interfaces, > KeyStation keyboards) required a device-specific firmware loader, but > when a device implements the DFU specification (such as the Sonica or > the Ozone), it is possible to use one loader for all these devices, so > user's don't have to wait until somebody manages to write a loader for > their device. (Of course, now you have to wait for somebody to write > the DFU loader, but that's only once. :) > > > Regards, > Clemens > > >