Firmware Missing

[Keith Howell]

Binary package hint: linux-firmware

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

Linux version 2.6.27-11-generic (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009

linux-firmware:
  Installed: 1.2
  Candidate: 1.2

Keyspan firmware files are missing. From dmesg:

[14172.704012] usb 2-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
[14172.918186] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[14173.021412] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[14173.022714] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[14173.023382] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[14173.023386] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[14173.043244] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan - (without firmware)
[14173.043969] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan 1 port adapter
[14173.044562] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan 2 port adapter
[14173.045143] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan 4 port adapter
[14173.045811] keyspan 2-4:1.0: Keyspan - (without firmware) converter detected
[14173.045817] firmware: requesting keyspan/usa19.fw
[14173.052740] usb 2-4: Required keyspan firmware image (keyspan/usa19.fw) unavailable.
[14173.053434] usbcore: registered new interface driver keyspan
[14173.053438] keyspan: v1.1.5:Keyspan USB to Serial Converter Driver
[14173.066756] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan PDA
[14173.067337] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Keyspan PDA - (prerenumeration)
[14173.067970] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Xircom / Entregra PGS - (prerenumeration)
[14173.068731] usbcore: registered new interface driver keyspan_pda
[14173.068734] keyspan_pda: USB Keyspan PDA Converter driver v1.1

see "14173.045817" and "14173.052740" timestamps.

Looking in "/lib/firmware/2.6.27-11-generic", there is no 'keyspan' directory and the files are not in the "keyspan_pda" directory which is present.

From the file "config-2.6.27-11-generic", the following are set:

CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA=m

But none of the KEYSPAN firmware files are listed.

Looking on the linuxhq website, the following keyspan firmware is in the kernel source tree:

    [ / keyspan (12 files)
       o mpr.HEX (+104 lines)
       o usa18x.HEX (+141 lines)
       o usa19.HEX (+101 lines)
       o usa19qi.HEX (+101 lines)
       o usa19qw.HEX (+142 lines)
       o usa19w.HEX (+141 lines)
       o usa28.HEX (+148 lines)
       o usa28x.HEX (+141 lines)
       o usa28xa.HEX (+141 lines)
       o usa28xb.HEX (+142 lines)
       o usa49w.HEX (+145 lines)
       o usa49wlc.HEX (+153 lines)

so the firmware should be included either in the kernel package, the module package or the linux-firmware package.