From: walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>
To: Andreas Jochens <aj@andaco.de>
Cc: davem@redhat.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tg3 driver - make use of binary-only firmware optional
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:02:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4082ECD9.5080308@myrealbox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040418135534.GA6142@andaco.de>
Andreas Jochens wrote:
> The Debian distribution recently removed the tg3 Gigabit Ethernet driver
> from its 2.6 kernels because it contains binary-only firmware,
> i.e. software without source code, which violates the
> Debian Free Software Guildelines.
>
> I not a kernel developer, but I looked at the tg3 driver
> and it seemed that it might work even without the firmware parts.
Your patch works fine for me on my ASUA A7V8X with BCM5702 rev2.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-18 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-18 13:55 [PATCH] tg3 driver - make use of binary-only firmware optional Andreas Jochens
2004-04-18 21:02 ` walt [this message]
2004-04-19 1:08 ` David S. Miller
2004-04-19 8:04 ` Andreas Jochens
2004-04-19 8:58 ` Wichert Akkerman
2004-04-19 15:41 ` Andreas Jochens
2004-04-19 15:49 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-04-19 15:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-04-19 18:12 ` [PATCH] tg3 driver - address error in TSO firmware code Andreas Jochens
2004-04-19 18:25 ` David S. Miller
2004-04-19 18:32 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-04-19 18:33 ` David S. Miller
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