Bug#501152: binary firmware in drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.26-5
Severity: serious

Hi,

drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h (licensed under GPLv2) is entirely composed
of binary firmware, such as:

static const u32 firmware_rx[] = {
  0x010003dc, 0x00000000,
  0x04000421, 0x00000086,
  [...]

It's worth noting that the last chunk is #ifdef'ed out and not actually
used for anything.

Since this file is licensed under GPL, this could make it illegal to
redistribute it.

In either case, the presence of source-less binary code is a violation
of DFSG #2 requirement for source code availability.

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