From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:38:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:38:20 -0500 Received: from userbb201.dsl.pipex.com ([62.190.241.201]:59299 "EHLO irishsea.home.craig-wood.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:38:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:48:56 +0000 From: Nick Craig-Wood To: Greg KH Cc: Pavel Roskin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Preferred way to load non-free firmware Message-ID: <20030326104856.GA31375@axis.demon.co.uk> References: <20030326041146.GD20858@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030326041146.GD20858@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 08:11:46PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > 7) Encode the firmware into a header file, add it to the driver and > > pretend that the copyright issue doesn't exist (like it's done in the > > Keyspan USB driver). > > Hey, that's the way I like doing this stuff :) If you do this the Debian kernel mainainers will mercilessly rip your non-free driver firmware from the standard Debian kernel. At least that is what happened with the Keyspan :-( -- Nick Craig-Wood ncw1@axis.demon.co.uk