Bug#494122: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

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

Hi,

drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a small
chunk of binary code:

static u8 tda8083_init_tab [] = {
        0x04, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x79, 0x04, 0x00, 0xff, 0xea,
        0x48, 0x42, 0x79, 0x60, 0x70, 0x52, 0x9a, 0x10,
	[...]

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