[linux-audio-user] Laptop/Ozone usb keyboard

[Brian Redfern]

I get it, someone wrote a loader for the midisport, I use the quattro,
but I haven't had the firmware issue with it, the midi works as a normal
snd-usb device from alsa.



On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Clemens Ladisch wrote:

> Brian Redfern wrote:
> > Out of curiosity (being somewhat hardware illiterate), what is a
> > "DFU loader"?
> 
> The "Device Firmware Upgrade Specification" describes a vendor- and
> device-independent way of downloading a firmware image to a USB
> device. Older USB devices from Midiman (MidiSport interfaces,
> KeyStation keyboards) required a device-specific firmware loader, but
> when a device implements the DFU specification (such as the Sonica or
> the Ozone), it is possible to use one loader for all these devices, so
> user's don't have to wait until somebody manages to write a loader for
> their device. (Of course, now you have to wait for somebody to write
> the DFU loader, but that's only once. :)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clemens
> 
> 
>