On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Arnold Ho wrote: > 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. You can use the dvb-usb-firmware-loader for downloading the firmware to the cypress, you just need to convert the firmware-file into intel-hex-format (in binary) and put the filename in the dvb_usb_properties. regards, Patrick. -- Mail: patrick.boettcher@xxxxxxx WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/
