Debianized 2.6.26 Kernel

[Erik Heil]

Hi their.  Seeing that the firmware portions are binary only, what's the
easiest way to get the board up and running under 2.6.26? I'm of course
familiar with kernel compilations, so doing so wouldn't be a problem at
all.  Wish they would of course made the firmware open source, but untill
this happens )we hope?) guess I have no choice.

On Wed, 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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