Re: "do not modify" blobs

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov wrote:

> Manoj -
>
>>Has anyone done a survey to see how many "do not modify" blobs
>>we are talking about here?
>
> Not counting files already removed in 2.6.17,
>
> drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h       use-only (2)
> drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h       use-only (2)
> drivers/net/tg3.c                        redistr-only
> drivers/net/tokenring/3c359_microcode.h  use-only (2)
> drivers/net/typhoon-firmware.h           redistr-only
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2100_fw.c         redistr-only (1)
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2200_fw.c         redistr-only (1)
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2300_fw.c         redistr-only (1)
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2322_fw.c         redistr-only (1)
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2400_fw.c         redistr-only (1)
> drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h              redistr-only (2,3)
>
> (1) deprecated upstream, removed upstream as of 2.6.18?
> (2) marked for deletion by recent "Kernel team position statement"
> (3) redistributable as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating
> system kernel

So, substracting the ones removed or scheduled for removal, this makes
two that will remain?  Or are the ones marked with (2) still needed for
etch?  tg3 is important (guessing from the fact that I was aware of its
existence...), how about typhoon?

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)