Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-29 Thread Robert Edmonds
On 2007-09-25, Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the rest: our priority is free software, who cares about users? > > tg3: Drop. The firmware should be pruned and the driver deactivated > until someone shows up with a patch upstream accepts. Upstream is still hostile to any deco

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:38:21 +0200, Uwe A P Würdinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > One Laptop, doesn't sound like a problem a couple a hundred servers, > yep that's a Problem. So time to get Managemet draft a letter to > Customers and explain 'em that all there systems get switched to > Ubuntu c

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Robert Edmonds
On 2007-09-27, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:08:45 +0200, Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: >> tg3: Drop. The firmware should be pruned and the driver deactivated >> until someone shows up with a patch upstream accepts. > > While I am a u

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Uwe A. P. Würdinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manoj Srivastava schrieb: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:08:45 +0200, Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Hello, as far as the GPL and BSD licensed firmwares are concerned, the >> licenses of these firmwares are compliant with the DFSG and will

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread LUK ShunTim
Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:08:45 +0200, Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Hello, as far as the GPL and BSD licensed firmwares are concerned, the licenses of these firmwares are compliant with the DFSG and will not be castrated from the kernel, see the GR007/2006 di

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:08:45 +0200, Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello, as far as the GPL and BSD licensed firmwares are concerned, the > licenses of these firmwares are compliant with the DFSG and will not > be castrated from the kernel, see the GR007/2006 discussion. > As for

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-26 Thread Bastian Blank
The changes needs a review. Bastian -- Emotions are alien to me. I'm a scientist. -- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Frederik, On Wednesday 26 September 2007 19:36, Frederik Schueler wrote: > I am not. Maybe the sarcasm was inapropriate, after all we have been > through with this topic... :-/ Maybe inappropriate, definitly understandable. Thanks for clarifying! regards, Holger pgpiJYzphl5o9.pgp

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-26 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hi, On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:47:02PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Tuesday 25 September 2007 21:08, Frederik Schueler wrote: > > As for the rest: our priority is free software, who cares about users? > > I guess you're serious with the rest of this email, but not with this part. > Are you?

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-26 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 09:08:45PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote: > > file: drivers/atm/pca200e.data > > file: drivers/atm/pca200e_ecd.data > > file: drivers/atm/sba200e_ecd.data Remove files. Drop ATM_FORE200E_(PCA|SBA)_(DEFAULT_)?FW options. Disable ATM_FORE200E_(PCA|SBA). Drop logic to handle

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Tuesday 25 September 2007 21:08, Frederik Schueler wrote: > As for the rest: our priority is free software, who cares about users? I guess you're serious with the rest of this email, but not with this part. Are you? regards, Holger P.S.: After writing this, I thought, "he's sar

Re: Firmwares left

2007-09-25 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hello, as far as the GPL and BSD licensed firmwares are concerned, the licenses of these firmwares are compliant with the DFSG and will not be castrated from the kernel, see the GR007/2006 discussion. As for the rest: our priority is free software, who cares about users? tg3: Drop. The firmware

Firmwares left

2007-09-15 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi folks There are some firmwares left. Plus two drivers needs to be fixed to work without: tg3 and acenic. file: drivers/atm/atmsar11.data license: GPL file: drivers/atm/pca200e.data file: drivers/atm/pca200e_ecd.data file: drivers/atm/sba200e_ecd.data file: drivers/char/drm/mga_ucode.h