[LAU] esi32 firmware?

[Peter P.]

Hi,

(I am replying to my last thread here). I managed to get this card to
work by putting the firmware files in /lib/firmware/emi26 instead.

Now I only have to make jack or any other software use it (no luck so
far).

Thanks again though!
P

* Peter P. <peterparker at fastmail.com> [2022-12-10 17:27]:
> Roger, Jannis, thank you for your kind replies and hints! 
> 
> Installed bitstream.fw firmware.fw and loader.fw into /usr/lib/firmware/
> but am still getting the same errors upon connecting the card in
> dmesg/journalctl:
> 
> 	emi26 - firmware loader 1-1.2:1.0: emi26_probe start
> 	usb 1-1.2: firmware: failed to load emi26/loader.fw (-2)
> 	usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for emi26/loader.fw failed with error -2
> 	usb 1-1.2: emi26_load_firmware - error loading firmware: error = -2
> 	emi26 - firmware loader: probe of 1-1.2:1.0 failed with error -5
> 	usbcore: registered new interface driver emi26 - firmware loader
> 
> I also tried installed firmware-linux-nonfree which on Debian is
> nowadays only a metapackage relying mainly on /firmware-misc-nonfree
> which does not contain files for emi26 anymore.
> https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/firmware-misc-nonfree
> 
> One of the very few related web searches brings this up
> http://fedora.riscv.rocks:3000/davidlt/kernel-ark/commit/16c23f7d88cbcce491f9370b2846fad66e8ef319?style=split&whitespace=show-all
> but I am not sure if I am affected by it or if the commit ever made it
> into Debian...
> 
> Any other hints well appreciated!
> Thanks again!
> 
> * Roger <gurusonic at gmail.com> [2022-11-30 23:37]:
> > I had replied but forgot to reply list. In Debian it is called
> > firmware-linux-nonfree but downloading those 3 files Jannis linked is much
> > less bulky. They should be copied to /usr/lib/firmware/
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Roger
> > 
> > On 1/12/22 04:15, Jannis Achstetter wrote:
> > > Hi Peter,
> > > 
> > > the package name should be "linux-firmware" or similar. I'm not using
> > > Debian but it can see the file in the git repo here:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/emi26
> > > 
> > > 
> > > If there's no package for your distribution, you can just download the
> > > file from there.
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > >     Jannis
> > > 
> > > Am 30.11.22 um 13:26 schrieb Peter P.:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > trying to get an old Emagic Esi32 to run on my Debian stable system.
> > > > Upon connecting I get in dmesg:
> > > >   emi26 - firmware loader 2-1:1.0: emi26_probe start
> > > >   usb 2-1: firmware: failed to load emi26/loader.fw (-2)
> > > >   usb 2-1: Direct firmware load for emi26/loader.fw failed with error -2
> > > >   usb 2-1: emi26_load_firmware - error loading firmware: error = -2
> > > > 
> > > > It seems there is some kind of firmware needed, and it exists/existed
> > > > according to this list https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware/List
> > > > but I can't seem to find it in the apt package manager.
> > > > 
> > > > Does anyone have experience with this card, or any idea I could try
> > > > next?
> > > > 
> > > > thanks!
> > > > P
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