From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: ellyjones@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
jglasgow@google.com, msb@google.com, olofj@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver.
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:05:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101008190534.GA29052@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101008.115050.28825457.davem@davemloft.net>
On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:50:50AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> I don't see how any distribution can properly support this device
> if it cannot work without non-distributable firmware.
Individual vendors may negotiate redistribution agreements with
Qualcomm. We've carried drivers without redistributable firmware in the
past (b43 had none for some time), so I don't see that we have any clear
and established position on this.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-08 19:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-06 15:12 [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver Elly Jones
2010-10-06 16:46 ` Joe Perches
2010-10-08 17:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-08 18:03 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-10-08 18:14 ` David Miller
2010-10-08 18:18 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-10-08 18:50 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <AANLkTimbpPZt4FSeHDNcfuoYeKDYtV2YsLPxP-2ngELO@mail.gmail.com>
2010-10-08 19:02 ` David Miller
2010-10-08 19:18 ` Jason Glasgow
2010-10-08 19:05 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2010-10-15 13:17 ` Elly Jones
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