[linux-audio-user] suggestions for USB/serial/PCMCIA MIDI interfaces ?

[Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas]

On Sunday 03 October 2004, Mark Knecht wrote:
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> > Using this program is very easy.  You only need to copy some files from
> > your windows driver into the directory where you unpacked the sources,
> > and run make install on it.
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> <SNIP>
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> These files ARE the firmware...

No. Not the pure firmware, and not in the format that fxload needs to upload 
it to the device. These files coming from the windows drivers, and needed for 
the midisport loader are:
   MidiSport 1x1:     USB11LDR.SYS
   MidiSport 2x2:     USB22LDR.SYS
   MidiSport 4x4:     USB44LDR.SYS
   MidiSport 8x8:     USB88LDR.SYS
   Keystation/Oxygen: UKS11LDR.SYS

The windows SYS files are PE format files. The extractor program finds the 
binary firmware inside the SYS files, and  converts it to the IHX  
(http://www.cs.net/lucid/intel.htm) text format needed by the program 
'fxload' (the same program that you already use to upload the ezusbmidi 
firmware).

You have the sources of the extractor here:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/usb-midi-fw/midisport-firmware/

Regards,
Pedro