Bug#494120: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

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

Hi,

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a
small chunk of binary code:

static u8 tda10021_inittab[0x40]=
{
        0x73, 0x6a, 0x23, 0x0a, 0x02, 0x37, 0x77, 0x1a,
        0x37, 0x6a, 0x17, 0x8a, 0x1e, 0x86, 0x43, 0x40,
	[...]

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