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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:37:28 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 06:28:16PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> request_firmware() is used for microcode loading, too, so it's fairly
> a core part to cover, I'm afraid.
> 
> I played a bit about this yesterday.  The patch below is a proof of
> concept to (ab)use the module signing mechanism for firmware loading
> too.  Sign firmware files via scripts/sign-file, and put to
> /lib/firmware/signed directory.

That does still leave me a little uneasy as far as the microcode 
licenses go. I don't know that we can distribute signed copies of some 
of them, and we obviously can't sign at the user end.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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