Re: [PATCH] advansys: use request_firmware
From: Matthew Wilcox <hidden>
Date: 2008-12-20 15:33:18
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:55:27PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh wrote:
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diff --git a/firmware/WHENCE b/firmware/WHENCE index 299301f..27105bc 100644 --- a/firmware/WHENCE +++ b/firmware/WHENCE@@ -363,3 +363,16 @@ Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked: Copyright (C) 2001 Qlogic Corporation (www.qlogic.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Driver: SCSI_ADVANSYS - AdvanSys SCSI + +File: advansys/mcode.bin +File: advansys/3550.bin +File: advansys/38C0800.bin +File: advansys/38C1600.bin + +Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. + +Found in hex form in kernel source.
I thought we discussed this before. If you take it from an earlier version of the driver, you can get it under a disjunction of BSD and GPL, and take the BSD option. As far as I know, no source code has been published. -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."