From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [66.111.4.25] (helo=out1.smtp.messagingengine.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LvmUg-0003dw-HO for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:56:40 +0200 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88BFE31CCC1; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:52:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:52:21 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: Fjx9NU0tqXv22uhrNyI6GyD7qQ08XIclGksJNbkfT9ux 1240206740 Received: from [120.17.222.93] (unknown [120.17.222.93]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 357EF24BB1; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:52:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <49EC0D97.8010903@whitby.id.au> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:22:23 +0930 From: Rod Whitby User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <45B40165.6000506@whitby.id.au> <45B4EDCD.1060609@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> <45B50D16.8060001@whitby.id.au> <45B518A5.8000500@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> <45B5528F.3050108@whitby.id.au> <45B59FD0.1000207@whitby.id.au> In-Reply-To: <45B59FD0.1000207@whitby.id.au> Cc: nslu2-developers@yahoogroups.com Subject: Removal of the proprietary Intel IXP ethernet driver (ixp4{00, 25}-eth, ixp-osal, ixp4xx-csr) from OE X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:56:44 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It seems that I intended to do this, but never got around to it. There were no objections at the time (over 2 years ago), so unless there are any objections in the next 48 hours it will be enacted. -- Rod Rod Whitby wrote (on 23/01/2007): > For a long time, the only way to use the internal ethernet port for > ixp4xx devices was to use the proprietary intel driver. The driver > could not be linked with the kernel, and tainted the kernel. > > Thankfully, that has now changed with the development of the open source > ixp npe kernel driver, which is GPL and can be freely linked with the > kernel. Note that the microcode firmware blob (ixp4xx-npe) which needs > to be loaded by the driver is still Intel Proprietary and requires a > click-through license on any firmware image that includes it. > > The ixp4xx-kernel package (as of 2.6.19) now supports this new driver. > It has been tested on the NSLU2, NAS100d, and Loft devices, and as of > the 0.3.1 version is considered stable. > > Accordingly, I propose to remove the Intel Proprietary driver from the > OpenEmbedded metadata. I also propose to remove versions of the > ixp4xx-kernel earlier than 2.6.19. > > The following packages will be obsoleted, and then removed: > > ixp425-eth/ixp400-eth_1.4 > ixp425-eth/ixp400-eth_1.5 > ixp425-eth/ixp400-eth_1.5.1 > ixp425-eth/ixp425-eth_1.1 > ixp425-eth/ixp425-eth_1.2 > ixp4xx/ixp-osal_1.5 > ixp4xx/ixp-osal_2.0 > ixp4xx/ixp-osal_2.1 > ixp4xx/ixp-osal_2.1.1 > ixp4xx/ixp4xx-csr_1.4 > ixp4xx/ixp4xx-csr_1.5 > ixp4xx/ixp4xx-csr_2.0 > ixp4xx/ixp4xx-csr_2.1 > ixp4xx/ixp4xx-csr_2.1.1 > linux/ixp4xx-kernel_2.6.15.3 > linux/ixp4xx-kernel_2.6.16 > linux/ixp4xx-kernel_2.6.17 > linux/ixp4xx-kernel_2.6.18 > > Any objections? > > [Note that this will not affect anyone's ability to build from the > SlugOS binary release source code archives - they are in SVN.] > > -- Rod