[LAU] HDSP wrong firmware gets loaded (digi- vs multiface)

Peter P. p8rpp at aol.com
Sat Feb 1 18:15:49 UTC 2014


* Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings at stackingdwarves.net> [2014-02-01 15:51]:
> On 02/01/2014 03:37 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> >On 02/01/2014 01:00 AM, Peter P. wrote:
> >>Hi list,
> >>
> >>hdsploader (via hotplug) on my box seems to load firmware at will.
> >>Sometimes it loads the Digiface firmware into my Multiface, sometimes
> >>it loads the correct one.
> >>
> <snip>
> 
> >>Does someone else have the same issue?
> >
> >not yet, but i haven't used the card in two weeks.
> >
> >which kernel, which distro?
> 
> can't reproduce that here.
> kernel is 3.13.0,
> 
> 05:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME
> Hammerfall DSP (rev 3c)
> 
> [   10.879698] ALSA hdsp.c:709 Hammerfall-DSP: iobox found after 0ms!
> [   10.883045] ALSA hdsp.c:898 Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status
> <= 0 failed after 30 iterations
> [   10.883157] ALSA hdsp.c:817 Hammerfall-DSP: Multiface found
> [   10.883901] ALSA hdsp.c:737 Hammerfall-DSP: loading firmware
> ...
> [   14.260572] ALSA hdsp.c:769 Hammerfall-DSP: finished firmware loading

Yep, in 95% of the cases the correct one is loaded as well. It is
mostly after not having used the card for a longer time, or switching
components (multiface vs PCMCIA/ExpressCard) around.

best, P


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