[PlanetCCRMA] MidiSport 2X2 problems

[Mark Knecht]

OK, I came home ill with a cold and just got this email. I'll do some
experimenting and get back to you later.

I presume that this means (if it works) that I can't warm boot back into
Windows? I must power down from Linux, then power up into Windows? Or I
suppose if I warm booted into Windows but detached the USB cable then it
might work?

Thanks,
Mark

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 09:42, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

> This is what happens when the midisport is plugged into the linux
> machine. It first connects to the usb controller as a non-midi device,
> to do anything the midisport needs firmware loaded into into it from the
> pc. The hotplug system in linux is configured to recognize the number
> the "dumb" (non-midi) midisport id's with, and that triggers a download
> of the gpl firmware into it. After the download is done the midisport
> disconnects from the usb controller and reconnects as a _different_
> device, because it is now running different software and is a midi
> controller. The snd-usb-audio driver now recognizes the "new" device
> (because it is a midi controller) and all is well. 
> 
> Now, if immediately after that you reboot into windows without turning
> off the midisport, it still has the GPL (non-Midiman) firmware loaded
> into it and running happily. Windows looks at the device and considers
> it (rightly) a new one After all it is running a different firmware
> version. 
> 
> I suspect that if you turn off the midisport so that it "forgets" the
> GPL firmware and then reboot into windows all will be well. 
> 
> -- Fernando
> 
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