From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: [PATCH kernel 2.6.32-rc5] pcnet_cs: add cis of PreMax PE-200 ethernet pcmcia card Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:33:41 +0100 Message-ID: <1256416421.3916.312.camel@localhost> References: <20090405094907.5f6a5fea.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <20090419084444.4ee7ddee.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <20090426162929.3d036f26.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <20090913172257.6c1976ec.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <20091004073257.52a6624b.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <20091018103920.ca9217ee.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> <1256152686.8469.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20091022201006.1fdfb5cc.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Otp9cNKPqgVvkw1qddaI" Cc: Dan Williams , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Ken Kawasaki Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:48186 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752098AbZJXUhR (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:37:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20091022201006.1fdfb5cc.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-Otp9cNKPqgVvkw1qddaI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 20:47 +0100, Ken Kawasaki wrote: > Hi, >=20 > >Dan Williams wrote: >=20 > > > add cis of PreMax ethernet pcmcia card, > > > and some Sierra Wireless serial card(AC555, AC7xx, AC8xx). > =20 > > Random question: are CIS files copyrightable? =20 >=20 > The CIS contains the IRQ, ioport-range, voltage information etc > like the PCI config space. > So I think it is not copyrightable. > but Sierra Wireless provided this CIS by GPL. [...] If it is subject to copyright - which apparently they think it is - then when redistributing under GPL we must be able to provide the 'preferred form for modification'. So that leads to the question, is this blob or hex file the preferred form? I know very little about CIS but it appears to have a fairly simple structure that could perhaps be constructed with a hex editor. However, if a manufacturer or a later maintainer actually compiles it from a file in some other format which has extra information like comments or named constants then I think that should be included in the kernel source. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates --=-Otp9cNKPqgVvkw1qddaI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUASuNko+e/yOyVhhEJAQJRGRAAsP3+ggnmvh3irBSVPFoqoAm2IxcMMm/7 eLLH+BiSnhqGjKqr9PURCg8/fmf1qXO7dqcdY9G5DRUf/8c3roLt4Q+IWlDWWV6K 4NESX2iopAZ9pg0pTGN2TmyBe4n/GovvQT13Sb4PYMVMxQtsHn95UdzUTZ2fmGMq acHyPGrQrzHobvv8RqFbz5JgmsHlq0fzhrfdV9gF2oOlIOBJ2sdAOMEeDt6bFQgm l76/JrOHL/yEKbvzBwahM74BoKMi6yR9bxOaxV2Gmdm6dC1c7KivUgGLk9Fzpx4p 2X2RJQablYL2OfwrMdEiiNDwXRFkcrr1+XUykzzhIy9YrW1f7pIeU1paJ1S12F8g 8q5+Y7ghKZD2DxdePq3Y2jT2aBT0t37Sg0CVKSYe0wHg/Am7tpYub8aTVd6smAiy KkDrgq50erwHw0LusUh39srPTaCsa+gx3JE31B83Kk9R/NRHxYHBJ43mlPSRJpZt diJ3UoIGto3efMXMySwr8xKCm8t9kneYmSuycBkdK3gddg6WC/XWkdqUNk8g77TQ s00vKoOgxpQP3J8eoeTsUGozrCNkrR2yoL+Dn2/LyEcmQJRhaNgkdgW1F3DKMY+3 n9ST2sMI8ml9Wfs0xj2Fo16p6DgM/8IgC6woFEIhJgUESq8gy3SO6Z3BKSUKCT8A LUXQQjanYLQ= =+q0o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Otp9cNKPqgVvkw1qddaI--