Quoting Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sunday 06 January 2008 22:35:51 Pavel Roskin wrote: >> Quoting Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > see "fwpostfix" module parameter >> >> Can we please avoid this annoyance this time? > > Go and complain at Broadcom please.
Mind you, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with changing firmware or changing its API. Sure, Broadcom firmware is not under GPL, so we have to keep it in separate files rather than link it into the kernel. But the same situation exists for many other drivers, even those where the vendors are much more cooperative, such as Intel. If the firmware is kept outside the kernel, we have a problem of synchronization between the driver and the firmware. It can be addressed gracefully, or not so gracefully. The choice is entirely ours, and Broadcom is not to blame for our choice. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
