On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 02:10:08PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: > > I'm a little unclear on the license of the keyspan firmware. On > > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing > > it lists a note for all the keyspan stuff of > > "4. redistributable as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating > system kernel" > > Does that imply that a stand-alone package like firmware-nonfree would be > unacceptable? Can we clear this issue up and either > > A.) include it in firmware-nonfree > or > B.) have documentation that clearly states the decision (probably on the > above wiki page, in the firmware-nonfree package, and maybe even have the > kernel print something when attempting to load those drivers).
yes until now a request_firmware() patch was missing for keyspan. it got done upstream and is included for 2.6.26 firmware will be needed to be added too on this side. otherwise no chance to load a firmware via userspace agent. greetings -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
