[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Manoj - > >>Has anyone done a survey to see how many "do not modify" blobs >>we are talking about here? > > Not counting files already removed in 2.6.17, > > drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h use-only (2) > drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h use-only (2) > drivers/net/tg3.c redistr-only > drivers/net/tokenring/3c359_microcode.h use-only (2) > drivers/net/typhoon-firmware.h redistr-only > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2100_fw.c redistr-only (1) > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2200_fw.c redistr-only (1) > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2300_fw.c redistr-only (1) > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2322_fw.c redistr-only (1) > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2400_fw.c redistr-only (1) > drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h redistr-only (2,3) > > (1) deprecated upstream, removed upstream as of 2.6.18? > (2) marked for deletion by recent "Kernel team position statement" > (3) redistributable as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating > system kernel
So, substracting the ones removed or scheduled for removal, this makes two that will remain? Or are the ones marked with (2) still needed for etch? tg3 is important (guessing from the fact that I was aware of its existence...), how about typhoon? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
