On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 11:51:31 -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> - readdition of tg3 driver, as firmware license has been fixed > It's distributable, but only in non-free. No source code for the firmware > program. Sorry. :-P Ask debian-legal if you have further questions about > that. >
Yep, I'm well aware of that; but we're not stripping firmware yet, so there's no need to remove tg3 yet. > If anyone's interested, I've got a patched version of the tg3 in > Debian's linux-source-2.6.12 package which does firmware loading (it > builds), *and* a package ready for non-free containing the firmware. > (Well, it's ready except that it would need some sort of Depends: > appropriate-kernel-version....) Since I don't actually have a tigon 3, I > need someone else to test it for me, of course. Files at > http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/debian/ . > > If you're not interested in that, I suppose I could arrange for the > driver to build out-of-tree. I would *like* to get the firmware loading > upstream, but they have some... interesting requirements before they'll > accept it, so we'll see when that happens. :-P Getting it upstream would be the ideal situation; otherwise, we'll just have the complete driver in non-free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
