From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver. Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:05:34 +0100 Message-ID: <20101008190534.GA29052@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20101008180310.GA27126@srcf.ucam.org> <20101008.111406.246542521.davem@davemloft.net> <20101008181851.GA27756@srcf.ucam.org> <20101008.115050.28825457.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ellyjones@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jglasgow@google.com, msb@google.com, olofj@google.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:40964 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932352Ab0JHTFn (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:05:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101008.115050.28825457.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:50:50AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > I don't see how any distribution can properly support this device > if it cannot work without non-distributable firmware. Individual vendors may negotiate redistribution agreements with Qualcomm. We've carried drivers without redistributable firmware in the past (b43 had none for some time), so I don't see that we have any clear and established position on this. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org