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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:34:39 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/wlan-ng: Convert firmware loading to load
 binary ihex format
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A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:20:51PM +0100, Karl Relton wrote:
> I plan to give the various distributions a utility to pre-compile the
> firmware. It is based on ihex2fw.c.
> 
> I don't think the firmware will ever be accepted into linux-firmware
> because the original licensing cannot be established.

Have you asked the company?
Where is the firmware at today?

thanks,

greg k-h