Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932151AbYGQSaK (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:30:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757683AbYGQS35 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:29:57 -0400 Received: from 82-39-188-205.cable.ubr03.benw.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.39.188.205]:38853 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757311AbYGQS34 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:29:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:42:46 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , David Woodhouse , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. Message-ID: <20080715134246.7bee32b1@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <487C500F.8000109@garzik.org> References: <1216077806.27455.85.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20080714164119.99c33d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080714165956.7fe2d4ee@infradead.org> <487C0365.5030203@garzik.org> <487C09EB.1050903@garzik.org> <487C1648.5070409@garzik.org> <487C500F.8000109@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 741 Lines: 15 > * the legal subtext of these changes was not mentioned at all The only legal subtext has been some mad fantasy proposed by Dave Miller that David Woodhouse current employer and previous one were both in some conspiracy to push firmware elsewhere. It would be very helpful if you stuck to the real world. The only legal agenda people I know actually don't like request_firmware because it makes it easier to have non-free firmware files. In their strange world they'd rather delete the driver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/