On Thursday 21 August 2014 10:48 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:12:41 -0400
Santosh Shilimkar [off-list ref] wrote:

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NetCP driver has a plug-in module architecture where each of the NetCP
sub-modules exist as a loadable kernel module which plug in to the netcp
core. These sub-modules are represented as "netcp-devices" in the dts
bindings. It is mandatory to have the ethernet switch sub-module for
the ethernet interface to be operational. Any other sub-module like the
PA is optional.

What are you doing to prevent/discourage proprietary binary only
sub-modules?

Not sure if you mistook this infrastructure as a replacement for the
kernel module. The sub modules are traditional kernel modules that
just registers into the NetCP framework. Kernel module infrastructure
already discourages the proprietary binary only sub-modules.

Regards,
Santosh