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USX2YLOADER - Second Phase Firmware loader for Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards 2003-09-15 Karsten Wiese <annabellesgarden@yahoo.de> GENERAL ======= Usx2yloader is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries onto the Tascam USX2Y USB soundcards. It has proven to work so far for the US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program. USX2Y initialisation outlined ============================= A. Phase 1 A.1. USx2y is plugged to the PC and powered on. This makes the kernel see a new USB-device with the Vendor/Product ID 0x1604/0x8000 (US428), 0x1604/0x8004 (US224) or 0x1604/0x8006 (US122). The kernel reacts by starting the usb-hotplug script. A.2. The usb-hotplug script starts the executable fxload, which transfers the EZUSB firmware to the USx2y. A.3. The USx2y disconnects itself from the USB-Bus and ... (see Phase 2). B. Phase 2 B.1. The USx2y reintroduces itself as USB-device with the Vendor/Product ID 0x1604/0x8001 (US428), 0x1604/0x8005 (US224) or 0x1604/0x8007 (US122) The kernel reacts by loading the module snd-usb-usx2y, if it is not already loaded. B.2 The module snd-usb-usx2y "takes" the USx2y as its device and sets up a "hardware dependent interface". (The module doesn't create any pcm nor midi devices now.) B.3 Subsequently the kernel starts the usb-hotplug script, which launches usx2yloader. B.4 usx2yloader transfers the 2nd Phase firmware binary to the USx2y by means of the "hardware dependent interface". When this transfer finishes, the snd-usb-usx2y module creates the pcm- and midi-devices. Initialisation is complete. USAGE ===== When usx2yloader is invoked without options, it will probe all existing soundcards until a valid USX2Y-driver is found. If a valid USX2Y-driver is found, usx2yloader reads the board type from the driver. The corresponding firmware binaries are then read and transferred to the driver. Finally, usx2yloader initializes the PCM, MIDI and the mixer devices on the driver for making the soundcard full functional. Instead of auto-probing, you can specify the card number or the hwdep device name or the usb device name via -c, -D or -u options, respectively. % usx2yloader -c 1 % usx2yloader -D hw:0 % usx2yloader -u /proc/bus/usb/001/003 For loading everything automatically in response to a hotplug event there are the hotplug script files - tascam_fw.usermap - tascam_fw - tascam_fpga and the Firmwarefiles. You also need fxload and hotplug to be installed. FIRMWAREFILES ============= The firmware binaries are installed on /usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader (or /usr/local/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader, depending to the prefix option of configure). There will be *.conf files, which define the dsp image files for each different card type. COPYRIGHT ========= Copyright (c) 2003 Karsten Wiese <annabellesgarden@yahoo.de> Distributable under GPL. The firmware files included in alsa-firmware package are copyright by Tascam / TEAC Corporation.