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

[Mark Knecht]

On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 14:51, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
> On Sunday 03 October 2004, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > 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
> 

OK, a rose ...