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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-11 14:44:27 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-11 14:44:31 +0200 |
commit | 41fb454ebe6024f5c1e3b3cbc0abc0da762e7b51 (patch) | |
tree | 51c50bcb67a5039448ddfa1869d7948cab1217e9 /firmware/README.AddingFirmware | |
parent | 19c1a6f5764d787113fa323ffb18be7991208f82 (diff) | |
parent | 091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff) |
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into core/iommu
Merge reason: core/iommu was on an .30-rc1 base,
update it to .30-rc5 to refresh.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/firmware/README.AddingFirmware b/firmware/README.AddingFirmware new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e24cd8986d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/firmware/README.AddingFirmware @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + + DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. + ====================================== + +This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old +device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). + +As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean +separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware +here. + +This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The +place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: + + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + +That repository contains all these firmware images which have been +extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which +we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ +been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. + +To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary +diff or preferably a git pull request to: + David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> + +Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly +identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and +that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's +permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the +WHENCE file. + +Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone +authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from +within the company that owns the code). |