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Bug 666412

Summary: sys-kernel/linux-firmware hauppauge hvr 5525 tv card needs 2 firmware files integrated into this package
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: mael <mae.lippert>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: enhancement CC: jstein, kernel, zerochaos
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description mael 2018-09-17 13:24:05 UTC
hi, we should integrate for other users of the hauppauge hvr 5525 tv-card these two firmware files...

Links to the 2 needed firmware files: 

https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/raw/master/firmware/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw 

https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/raw/master/firmware/dvb-demod-m88rs6000.fw

i asked already in the forum who to ask...: 

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1086516-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html

i got the bugzilla as the answer ;-)
Comment 1 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2018-09-19 05:12:25 UTC
linux-firmware is an upstream project. We cannot just add things to it.

Presumably a new package for these firmware files is what you want.
Comment 2 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2018-09-19 05:12:25 UTC
linux-firmware is an upstream project. We cannot just add things to it.

Presumably a new package for these firmware files is what you want.
Comment 3 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2018-09-21 11:29:57 UTC
Please submit a patch or pull request to linux-firmware upstream first, if they accept we can make a new snapshot.

Until then, a separate package is probably better. If you are willing to maintain such as package in Gentoo, I suggest to contact the proxy-maintainers project.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers
Comment 4 mael 2019-01-14 14:13:50 UTC
i wrote a extended email to linux-firmware@kernel.org requesting the addition of these 2 firmware files, still hoping to get them included in the next major release of linux-firmware...

still no errors while using this excellent multisource pcie radio, analog video, dvb-s(2)/t(2)/c tv-card also with recent kernels (gentoo-sources-4.19.15+)

i can also strongly recommend the official linuxtv.org page for this card

https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-5525

it is the last piece of hardware in my system which needs external copied-in firmware!

also now celebrating my 15th year of successful (gentoo) linux use in private and professional mechanical and electrical engineering environtment... please keep up the good support and many thanks to all folks here for making the finest operation system in the world possible
Comment 5 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev 2022-03-18 13:31:40 UTC
As already stated in this bug, we ship what is provided by upstream and this has already been reported upstream.  It's up to them now.