> I came across ymfpci-image.h, which contains sourceless hex blobs. > Before marking it as non-free and reporting a bug [1], I did some > searching. It turns out that a lot of the files in linux-ubuntu- > modules > are in the kernel package as well: compare [2] and [3]. It looks > to me > like we could have saved us a lot of work if we had checked this > up > front. This is definitely one to remember for next time. It might > still > be worth it to check this for the remainder of KFV for the kernel > package.
First, thank you for finishing the wireless section! Now, good point; in that section the directory mac80211 is duplicated.[1] > On a related matter: it looks like there are still some glitches > in the > KFV process. For example, the above file is listed as a false > positive > [4] (as noted in the bug). That list was compiled before this KFV, > but > it doesn't give any indication why those files are not non-free. > In DeltaH kernel that file is removed.[2] I think we should collect in the wiki the removed files to avoid checking them or check the gNS version of the kernel. > For example, the "sourceless blob" section of KFV Flow should be > detailed. I'm in doubt if the flow chart is still a good tool > then, > because it's getting kind of big. > I agree. [1] http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-ubuntu-modules-2-6-24-16-23--ubuntu--wireless--iwlwifi--mac80211--origin--net--mac80211 [2] http://svn.gnewsense.svnhopper.net/gnewsense/builder/trunk/firmware/deblob-2.6.24.4.1 _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
