Return-path: Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:52543 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932885AbcK1RLK (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:11:10 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] qtn: add FullMAC firmware for Quantenna QSR10G wifi device To: Kyle McMartin , IgorMitsyanko References: <1478700000-11624-1-git-send-email-igor.mitsyanko.os@quantenna.com> <1478706966.18306.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> <2fcb5f28-808e-f296-7e91-e5185e7577c9@quantenna.com> <1478725543.21403.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> <1478864146.4129.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Ben Hutchings , Kyle McMartin , Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, btherthala@quantenna.com, hwang@quantenna.com, smaksimenko@quantenna.com, dlebed@quantenna.com, Igor Mitsyanko , Kamlesh Rath , Sergey Matyukevich , Avinash Patil From: Oleksij Rempel Message-ID: <063b80df-9cfa-14f1-4695-4239b42dfccb@rempel-privat.de> (sfid-20161128_181117_621697_5813A4C4) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:10:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="oKVNpiWw6dA75Nnf29Q89P4UxNcMmo5Bb" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --oKVNpiWw6dA75Nnf29Q89P4UxNcMmo5Bb Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="McD7mlFLKsdLhAja2FuQpsH07FtMTml5N"; protected-headers="v1" From: Oleksij Rempel To: Kyle McMartin , IgorMitsyanko Cc: Ben Hutchings , Kyle McMartin , Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, btherthala@quantenna.com, hwang@quantenna.com, smaksimenko@quantenna.com, dlebed@quantenna.com, Igor Mitsyanko , Kamlesh Rath , Sergey Matyukevich , Avinash Patil Message-ID: <063b80df-9cfa-14f1-4695-4239b42dfccb@rempel-privat.de> Subject: Re: [RFC] qtn: add FullMAC firmware for Quantenna QSR10G wifi device References: <1478700000-11624-1-git-send-email-igor.mitsyanko.os@quantenna.com> <1478706966.18306.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> <2fcb5f28-808e-f296-7e91-e5185e7577c9@quantenna.com> <1478725543.21403.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> <1478864146.4129.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: --McD7mlFLKsdLhAja2FuQpsH07FtMTml5N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 28.11.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Kyle McMartin: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko > wrote: >> Hi Ben, Kyle, >> could you please share what is the position of linux-firmware regardin= g >> firmware binaries that include GPL components? Does it require entire = GPL >> components codebase be present in linux-firmware tree, or maybe having= this >> clause in license file is enough: >> +Open Source Software. The Software may include components that are li= censed >> +pursuant to open source software (=E2=80=9COpen Source Components=E2=80= =9D). Information >> +regarding the Open Source Components included with the Software is >> available >> +upon request to oslegal@quantenna.com. To the extent such Open Source= >> +Components are required to be licensed to you under the terms of a se= parate >> +license (such as an open source license) then such other terms shall = apply, >> and >> +nothing herein shall be deemed or interpreted to limit any rights you= may >> have >> +under any such applicable license. >> >> From technical perspective, size of the codebase used to build Quanten= na >> firmware is a few hundred MBs, it seems too much to include into >> linux-firmware tree. >> >=20 > I don't have strong feelings one way or another. I'd prefer not having > several hundred > MB of source that's unlikely to change included in the linux-firmware > git tree. I'm also not > a lawyer, so I can't help you decide what would satisfy the > distribution clause of the GPLv2. > We already have one GPL firmware (carl9170fw) which includes the > source, but just references > a seperate toolchain for downloading, so it's only approximately 1MB > in size in the tree. >=20 > Is your firmware source really that large, or is it just including the > entire build toolchain with it? >=20 > regards, > --Kyle We also have open BSD licensed open-ath9k-htc-firmware. Which is locate out of source too. https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware and here is location of carl firmware: https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw So, what is actual problem with Quantenna QSR10G FW? I would be really interesting to take a look on it. Is it somewhere available? Are there some devices to get hand on? --=20 Regards, Oleksij --McD7mlFLKsdLhAja2FuQpsH07FtMTml5N-- --oKVNpiWw6dA75Nnf29Q89P4UxNcMmo5Bb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlg8ZR4ACgkQHwImuRkmbWkf6AD/bEuTmvfB6z0dsWnX8JOw/G8h EnHGaIZKhmTRn0o/SyoA/1r5sLNs5cIFIg7Evz3TF/wMUodYfndcADe+O++zUuDx =Bggl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oKVNpiWw6dA75Nnf29Q89P4UxNcMmo5Bb--