From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAC75145A17; Thu, 16 May 2024 12:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715863302; cv=none; b=Zn64GQkfQsiRdyMcTdAIjVUZryIwFS5xfPvDtOxCv5349U+FOFLGaXudi6ye8RsvgFjmHQYZ/bx4D9xQRKkseN/ykB3LZAcRI0I6Qfj1S9mUSSO3H6bPHTpkr0eecfdu/hUzdc0dmyjJiR8rArXr+BqS2S9ouwjFu+GYLvahESs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715863302; c=relaxed/simple; bh=B+xVjOfvO94VsbpW3WnBIH1v8CNe36Qt198iHyCObg4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=TK8w5u81QEG4v6YT+f8onpP2I94rmfrq4Hd4ubExRKX0OFS6INmdeaxAAPmOJo5hDNImIgR1yEUxu57LmxyF5VDmxaSYNl3eKtShqtAHmZ2mUhzMKjl01rCZ8fQvrCL2Mfs0PodIACy8xQ6UNMezOfcrnXrW2U1Z3w3Fmruhow4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=epxHKuqW; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="epxHKuqW" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA4FBC113CC; Thu, 16 May 2024 12:41:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1715863301; bh=B+xVjOfvO94VsbpW3WnBIH1v8CNe36Qt198iHyCObg4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=epxHKuqWvTO0oeNAsYBi87u8aTHJ+pCRL32DaJeL0OKyCEFDkVT3qGJTGKaxRJ+5s xBji9nIwG7RgW8gYOaqdQt73UaIJnHfijquChdg7sbWrK3u9ZoEgW+u1G3q2HRtQ6x kH0rheCUF6RCXG6ZqedAHTMR+NgxQSu6MmCCUtMW8E+y59fmTX4IfZxaPvYyID4Fn+ 2lQI+hGNXqHimyFnNnHmGAcwe1vnd8oRsq5wNnzgXuU1wQ+5r+MaARvfsZnysAidTn 6CFnEGlMced0YpnVFaGcBx4AANyCk0SlKFCPmYcv+SPK78GygrG3cYKkirKFsVRIwD EWW9OGaa27kxQ== Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 14:41:35 +0200 From: Manivannan Sadhasivam To: Wolfram Sang , Yoshihiro Shimoda , "lpieralisi@kernel.org" , "kw@linux.com" , "robh@kernel.org" , "bhelgaas@google.com" , "krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org" , "conor+dt@kernel.org" , "jingoohan1@gmail.com" , "marek.vasut+renesas@gmail.com" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add support for r8a779g0 Message-ID: <20240516124135.GA11261@thinkpad> References: <20240415081135.3814373-1-yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com> <20240415081135.3814373-7-yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com> <20240511080257.GF6672@thinkpad> <20240515075954.GB4488@thinkpad> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 10:59:39AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > > This is because that Renesas is not able to distribute the firmware freely. > > > > > > > Seriously? Are you saying that the user has to sign NDA to get this firmware? > > No, the user has to buy the SoC and will get the firmware with the > documentation. Renesas is not allowed to distribute the firmware to > non-users of the SoC. So, linux-firmware cannot be used, sadly. We all > wish it would be different. > Okay. I think this could be _one_ of the exceptions we have in the kernel, but I'll leave it up to Lorenzo/Krzysztof (PCIe controller maintainers) to make a call. - Mani -- மணிவண்ணன் சதாசிவம்