Steve Langasek wrote: > If it is the consensus of the project that sourceless firmware doesn't > belong in main, this is a conscious regression in DFSG-compliance relative > to sarge. I don't think that's acceptable. We obviously do have the > means to remove this particular subset of non-free firmware from main > (technically imperfect though it may be), and of the firmware that was > removed for sarge the only one that was important enough to get me glared > at personally was qla2xxx -- so what are these other already-removed > firmwares that are so > important to have re-added now? (I did ask for a list, which no one has > provided yet; I can't find the pruning script in the kernel team's svn > repo, or I would look it up myself.)
Here you go, Steve. drivers/media/video/dabfirmware.h drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_m.h drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_s.h The above are all undistributable: smctr_firmware.h under a use-only license, the others because they are "GPL" without source or have no license at all. drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_mpr_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa18x_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qi_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qw_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19w_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xa_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xb_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28x_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49w_fw.h drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49wlc_fw.h These are all under a unique and annoying license: "redistributable as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel" Additional regressions relative to sarge: * tg3 was readded with the upstream firmware at some point after the release of sarge, despite the existing firmware loading patches, and is already in the 2.6.17 packages * The bnx2 driver was introduced upstream with sourceless, but distributable, firmware. * e100 and starfire acquired sourceless, undistributable firmware upstream between the sarge release and now (God only knows why) * New drivers were introduced upstream between the sarge release and now with the following sourceless, undistributable firmware: - drivers/net/cassini.h - drivers/scsi/ql1040_fw.h - drivers/usb/serial/ti_fw_3410.h - drivers/usb/serial/ti_fw_5052.h -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
