Re: Call for votes (Was: kernel firmwares: GR proposal)

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 05:02:13PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 06:40:41PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > > 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel firmware
> > > issue; however, it is not yet finally sorted out;
> > 
> > So, what progress has been made?
> 
> For example:
> 
> - the firmware_class infrastructure has been added in more than 100 
>   drivers (as of 2.6.17)

So, does that mean that the firmware for those devices isn't part of the
kernel source, but lives in non-free somewhere?  Or what exactly does
this mean?

> - the qla2xxx firmware has been dropped from the kernel sources, and is
>   now shiped on ftp.qlogic.com
> 
> - new drivers for devices requiring a firmware to be uploaded during
>   initialization are included without embedded firmware (for example the
>   ipw3945 driver, or aic94xx which has just been added in 2.6.19-rc)

So those drivers should go to non-free?


Kurt