Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756887AbYJHWDv (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:03:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754809AbYJHWDm (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:03:42 -0400 Received: from 57.Red-88-2-100.staticIP.rima-tde.net ([88.2.100.57]:39061 "EHLO mail.leals.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752602AbYJHWDm (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:03:42 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 606 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:03:41 EDT From: Davi Leal To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: free tg3 ethernet driver Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:53:30 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810082353.31033.davi@leals.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 765 Lines: 21 We would like to have a tg3 driver which would be accepted as free by the FSF's standards. At least some part of the driver seems to be GPL'ed; see [1]. However, the FSF's hardware guide lists tg3 as non-free, so there seems to be a non-free firmware somewhere. [1] http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/driver-sla.php?driver=570x-Linux We would like to be able to use the free driver with Linux 2.6.27 or later. Donation pledge group at http://gnuherds.org/pledges?id=58 Current donations: $101 USD -- 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/