2012-05-04 21:38:07

by Xose Vazquez Perez

Subject: [PATCH] irda: irda-usb.c URL to sigmatel stir 4210/4220/4116 fw from archive.org

Sigmatel was bought by Freescale, the web is dead and the firmware was lost.

Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
index 72f687b..0c929f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int stir421x_patch_device(struct irda_usb_cb *self)
/*
* Known firmware patch file names for STIR421x dongles
* are "42101001.sb" or "42101002.sb"
+ * http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.sigmatel.com/documents/stir4210_4220_4116_patch_files.tar.gz
*/
sprintf(stir421x_fw_name, "4210%4X.sb",
self->usbdev->descriptor.bcdDevice);
--
1.7.10.1

2012-05-11 03:24:27

by David Miller

Subject: Re: [PATCH] irda: irda-usb.c URL to sigmatel stir 4210/4220/4116 fw from archive.org

From: Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:37:57 +0200

> @@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int stir421x_patch_device(struct irda_usb_cb *self)
> /*
> * Known firmware patch file names for STIR421x dongles
> * are "42101001.sb" or "42101002.sb"
> + * http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.sigmatel.com/documents/stir4210_4220_4116_patch_files.tar.gz

This really doesn't scale in the long term.

Someone needs to host this firmware at a location which serves the
needs of the people who have an interest in using this driver.