Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-freefirmware

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 07:15:34PM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote:
>...
> The solution here would be to ask upstream for disclosure of source code
> and maybe the offer to help with build environment integration. Else,
>...

We are talking about drivers written by companies like QLogic.

Asking them for disclosure of source code of their devices firmware is 
not likely to succeed, and the reason why they don't do it is not a 
missing build environment.

> bye,
>   Roland


cu
Adrian

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