Small fixes for Hauppauge WinTV products in hardy-lum

[Michael Krufky]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> long time no see. :) (on #ubuntu-kernel)
>
> Michael Krufky wrote:
>>>> changesets resolve bugs: 299634, 299636, 299640, and 299671.
>
> That is actually what Tim meant with LP (LaunchPad bugs which will be 
> used to track the changes)

Ah, good -- So then I already have this done :-)

>
>>>>
>>>> A similar pull request has already been sent to Michael Frey for 
>>>> the Belmont project.
>>>>
>>>> The following changes since commit 
>>>> 2903f29e43ffbf87012384a32adf44feaf242ff7:
>>>>   Stefan Bader (1):
>>>>         UBUNTU: Ubuntu-2.6.24-22.34
>>>>
>>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkrufky/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git 
>>>> master
>>>>
>>>> Michael Krufky (5):
>>>>       UBUNTU: au0828: add new USB IDs for HVR950Q
>>>>       UBUNTU: sms1xxx: fix product name for Hauppauge WinTV MiniStick
>>>>       UBUNTU: sms1xxx: Add new USB product ID for Hauppauge WinTV 
>>>> MiniStick
>>>>       UBUNTU: sms1xxx: support two new revisions of the Hauppauge 
>>>> WinTV MiniStick
>>>>       UBUNTU: sms1xxx: use new firmware for Hauppauge WinTV MiniStick
>>>>
>>>>  ubuntu/media/au0828/au0828-cards.c |    3 +++
>>>>  ubuntu/media/sms1xxx/sms-cards.c   |   12 +++++++++---
>>>>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
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>>>>     
>>> Do you have an LP started? These patches are gonna have to go through
>>> the SRU process, though they all look suitable. I'm too lazy to look -
>>> where does the new firmware file sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw come 
>>> from?
>>
>> ...an "LP" ?  I'm not sure of the terminology.
>>
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>> The sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw replaces the previous firmware image 
>> (sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-01.fw).  I already provided this image to 
>> Michael Frey under the same license as the older firmware file.  I 
>> understand that there might be a process for that to be distributed, 
>> but users can download it from steventoth.net in the meanwhile:
>>
>> http://steventoth.net/linux/sms1xxx/sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw
>>
>> ...if you have reservations about the firmware change, then please feel 
>
> This is not so much about the change but the fact that we were looking 
> for information about several firmware files lately and had a hard 
> time to find out which license those actually use. Especially the v4l 
> firmwares were a bit, hm, lets say undetermined in that way. So the 
> question would be, do you have a license file that states the origin 
> and whether the files are redistributable.
>


Yes, I can provide such license.  At this time, I am only requesting to 
change the kernel modules, and I was not yet submitting the firmware 
image for distribution in mainstream Ubuntu.  Since Ubuntu is not 
distributing the old firmware image either, I did not see this to be an 
issue.

Michael Frey already has both the old firmware and the new firmware, and 
a license agreement as provided by Hauppauge during summer '08.  I can 
provide these files to you as well, but it shouldn't hold up the LUM 
changesets.

Can we take care of firmware distribution in a separate step?


>> free to pull all changesets except for the topmost changeset, which 
>> changes the driver to use the -02 firmware instead of -01.
>>
>> The firmware change is backwards-compatible.  The new firmware 
>> addresses some tuning issues in certain areas and also allows the 
>> devices to pass regulatory tests, based on certain regional 
>> requirements.
>>
>> I'm not sure what needs to be done as far as SRU -- these are 
>> changesets that will be merged into the Belmont image.  It is simply  
>> the addition of some new USB IDs.  As agreed between Hauppauge, Dell 
>> and Canonical, we are trying to keep Hardy mainstream in sync with 
>> all of the driver changes that Hauppauge is providing for the Belmont 
>> project.
>>
>> We want users of Ubuntu proper to benefit from all of the same 
>> changes that are going into the Belmont project with regards to the 
>> Hauppauge TV tuner sticks.
>>
>> Please also note that these drivers currently only support Hauppauge 
>> sticks -- We have already gone through regression testing to verify 
>> that the previously supported sticks are unaffected by the changes.
>>
>> These changesets (all except for the firmware update) are already in 
>> intrepid, as well as the 2.6.27.y stable kernel series and 2.6.28-rc.
>>
>> Please let me know what other information you need in order to move 
>> ahead with the merge.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mike Krufky
>>
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