On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:21:43 +0100 René Wagner <r...@nelianur.org> wrote:
> Hi Antonio, > > On 03/03/2015 10:23 PM, Antonio Ospite wrote: > > It is true that I am running a custom kernel, but the files I am > > talking about are shipped upstream by linux-firmware anyways. > > > > Of course this is not a urgent matter at all and it can wait after > > Jessie becomes stable but, eventually, tracking what upstream ships > > is the way to go when the licenses of the firmware files are > > compatible with Debian. > > Sure, my point was that the firmware files from linux-firmware.git are > either incompatible with the 3.16 kernel from Jessie, or there are > hardware differences between different Baytrail devices preventing > things from working on my Dell Venue 8 Pro. I'll have to test more > recent kernels to rule out the latter. > > Does sound work for you with 3.19 and the firmware files from > linux-firmware.git? > Still working on it :) Sound is not working yet, TBH I sent this report to Debian after I managed to successfully load the drivers and upload the firmware without further tests, I guess I was just trusting what linux-firmware was shipping and thought I could solve the problem in the kernel. Intel developers confirmed that there may be difference in how the hardware is connected between boards[1], and here is the bug report about that[2]. So indeed upstream linux-firmware may be incomplete about what it provides. I'll report when I know more. Ciao, Antonio [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/134554 [2] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86581 -- Antonio Ospite http://ao2.it A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
