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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jglasgow@google.com
Cc: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, ellyjones@google.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, msb@google.com, olofj@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver.
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:02:05 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101008.120205.70182089.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimbpPZt4FSeHDNcfuoYeKDYtV2YsLPxP-2ngELO@mail.gmail.com>

From: Jason Glasgow <jglasgow@google.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:59:19 -0700

> Firmware is available in Windows packages.  For example,
> 
> DW5620 Mobile Broadband mini-card
> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=2684&l=en&s=pub&releaseid=R275082&SystemID=Lat_13&servicetag=4PLG5L1&os=W732&osl=en&deviceid=21977&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=20&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=406043
> 
> <http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=2684&l=en&s=pub&releaseid=R275082&SystemID=Lat_13&servicetag=4PLG5L1&os=W732&osl=en&deviceid=21977&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=20&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=406043>The
> problem is  that the firmware is non-redistributable, not non-distributable.

So address my concern, how could a distribution support this device
out of the box?

I don't think it's possible.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-08 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-06 15:12 [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver Elly Jones
2010-10-06 16:46 ` Joe Perches
2010-10-08 17:28 ` David Miller
2010-10-08 18:03   ` Matthew Garrett
2010-10-08 18:14     ` David Miller
2010-10-08 18:18       ` Matthew Garrett
2010-10-08 18:50         ` David Miller
     [not found]           ` <AANLkTimbpPZt4FSeHDNcfuoYeKDYtV2YsLPxP-2ngELO@mail.gmail.com>
2010-10-08 19:02             ` David Miller [this message]
2010-10-08 19:18               ` Jason Glasgow
2010-10-08 19:05           ` Matthew Garrett
2010-10-15 13:17   ` Elly Jones

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