On 12/15/05, Hartmut Hackmann <hartmut.hackmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think one of the issues that confuse you is that you - to my > understanding - need two pieces of firmware. > One piece is the code for the Cypress microcontroller. You should have > gotten this. > The other piece is for the tda1004x. You can get this from Philips as > well. It depends on the board whether you need it. The tda10046 can > load it automatically from an on board eeprom. Most recent boards have > the eeprom stuffed. > To my understanding, you will not have license issues with the tda1004x. > The actual driver is GPL, the firmware - if you need it - is publicly > available. I can't tell about the Cypress chip and its fimware. > The kernel guys accept prorietary firmware. But with proprietary drivers > they are currently very picky, regardless of whether they includes kernel > code (violates the GPL) or just link to it. Awesome. Thanks for clearing my doubts. Many thanks. Regards, Arnold
