Small fixes for Hauppauge WinTV products in hardy-lum

[Stefan Bader]

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)

>>>
>>> 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(-)
>>>

>>>     
>> 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.
>


> 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.

Regards,
Stefan

> 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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