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Bug#548745: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: Edgeport firmware fails to load.



On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 10:57 -0400, Nathan Michaels wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686
> Version: 2.6.30-6
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.6.26-2-686 to 2.6.30-1-686 and my
> Edgeport
> 8 port adapter converter stopped working. The attached kernel log shows
> the problem:
> 
> [ 5972.079534] usb 1-1.6: firmware: requesting edgeport/down.fw
> [ 5972.109562] Failed to load image "edgeport/down.fw" err -2
> [ 5972.109574] usb 1-1.6: firmware: requesting edgeport/boot.fw
> [ 5972.147206] Failed to load image "edgeport/boot.fw" err -2
[...]

We don't have explicit permission to distribute this firmware.  It is
labelled as licenced under GPLv2, but we do not have source for it.

I'm going to make this a wishlist bug in firmware-linux.  It may be
possible to get upstream to fix the licence.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Who are all these weirdos? - David Bowie, about L-Space IRC channel #afp

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