On Monday 27 December 2004, Mark Knecht wrote: > One reason some people do not like > the MidiSport line, at least with the 2x2 and higher, is that it > requires the use of non-opensource firmware. I have seen several reports like this, claiming that there is not an usable open source firmware for Midisport2x2 devices. That is not true. Please check the repositories for your distro, and look for a package named "ezusbmidi". It contains a GPL released firmware for Midisport- UNO, 1x1 and 2x2. This software, written in C by Lars Doelle, can be compiled using the SDCC compiler (http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/). You can get the sources here: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/linux-hotplug/firmware/ezusb/midi/ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linux-hotplug/firmwarehotplug-0.1.tar.gz?download There are several Linux vendors including it. For instance: Debian/Agnula http://apt.agnula.org/pool/main/e/ezusbmidi/ RedHat/CCRMA http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/usbmidi.html Mandrake http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/10.0/contrib/i586/ezusbmidi-2002_10_20-3mdk.noarch.html Regards, Pedro
