On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:33:34 +0100 Francois Romieu <rom...@fr.zoreil.com> wrote:
> hayeswang <hayesw...@realtek.com> : > > Excuse me, I have some questions about the firmware patch. > > > > 1. I should convert the data into the binary files (.bin). Is it right? > > You may do it. > > Fwiw I have cooked something for it in the attached patch #9 this WE. Feel > free to take bits from it. I will not do more changes while you work on it. > > > 2. Where should I update the firmware files? Is the path the > > linux-2.6/firmware? > > ! This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old > ! device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). > > It is fine for the existing code. > > > However, according to linux-2.6/firmeware/README.AddingFirmware, I > > should update they to another repository: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git > > /me scratches head. > > Assuming Realtek does not intend to stand this code / data as GPLable, yes. > It will help people staying clear from non-free code, it will help packaging > something useful and it will remove some cruft from the code. > > So everybody will end happy. Especially after an aspirin. The plan is to do away with linux-2.6/firmware entirely. Distributions are shipping the firmware from linux-firmware, not the kernel files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
