[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#627153: Bug#627153: alsa-utils: Missing alsa-firmware package, containing firmwares required by many soundcards

[Elimar Riesebieter]

severity 627153 wishlist
reassign 627153 wnpp
merge 597897 627153
thanks


* Adam Cécile [110518 09:47 +0200]:
> Package: alsa-utils
> Version: 1.0.23-4
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm not sure if it's the right package to report this bug, but hopefully,
> you'll be interrested in.
> Debian alsa stack is missing the alsa-firmware package. This non-free packages
> contains a couple of firmware used by soundcards.

As you noticed the alsa-firmware package contains non-free packages
which are not supported by the Debian main repo.

> For example, high EMU cards
> are handled by a regular kernel but doesn't work at all because hana.fw
> firmware is missing.
> 
> There's an RFP/ITP open here without any activity:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597897
> 
> A miling list thread without any conclusion:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/02/msg00046.html

As you noticed there was an idea to put the firmwre in
firmware-linux-nonfree but also not, because the firmware isn't
included in the linux-kernel.

> A bug opened at Ubuntu BTS, no solution either (since 2005!!!):
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/26294

This is not Debian

> And the download repository at alsa-projetc:
> ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/

Try yourself ;-)

> Finally, I found a package in medibuntu:
> http://packages.medibuntu.org/natty/alsa-firmware.html

Ubuntu is not Debian.
So severity set to wishlist and merged with #597897


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