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Bug#494009: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/radeon_microcode.h



Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.26-1
Severity: serious

drivers/char/drm/radeon_microcode.h (licensed under BSD-style terms) is entirely
composed of binary code, such as:

/* production radeon ucode r1xx-r6xx */
static const u32 R100_cp_microcode[][2] = {
    { 0x21007000, 0000000000 },
    { 0x20007000, 0000000000 },
    [...]

Since the licensing terms allow redistribution, shipping it is not illegal but
is a DFSG violation.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash



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