Re: Bug#258082: missing advansys module
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 11:28:38AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Sven Luther wrote:
> ..
> >
> > BTW, what is the thing that is reproached to those drivers ? That we don't
> > have source to those firmware blobs ? Or that we don't have the right to
> > modify them ?
>
> the firmware crusade is quite silly,
> see some comment from upstream:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108239031230575&w=2
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109341602728104&w=2
So, the hardware developer have to free the code, that's all.
> i remember linus saying that loading firmware from userland is dump,
> but i was not able to retrieve that post.
Sure, so we will counsel people to buy hardware with known free drivers, what
else is new ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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