Debianized 2.6.26 Kernel

[Erik Heil]

Hi their.  I'm a little confused here.  According to the driver, its
released under the GPL.  In any event, what's the best way to get the
device functional under this new kernel? I see their's a alsa-source
ppackage here, but not sure if the binary firmware was removed.

O
nO ed, 24 Sep 2008, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:31:11 +0200
> From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>     <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Subject: Re: Debianized 2.6.26 Kernel
>
> Hello,
>
> Erik Heil, le Wed 24 Sep 2008 08:09:35 -0400, a écrit :
> > Hi their. Sorry I wasn't clearer here.  The module in question, which is
> > contained in the 2.6.18-speakup enabled package is the SND_cs46xx module.
>
> Ah, ok, Cirrus now makes sound boards :)
>
> See the debian 2.6.23 changelog:
>   * Remove binary only firmwares for:
> ...
>     - Cirrus Logic (Sound Fusion) CS4280/CS461x/CS462x/CS463x
>
> I.e. Debian dropped the driver because there are parts of it (the
> firmware) which are not free. That is not likely to change until the
> firmware gets freed.
>
> Samuel
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