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Bug#464954: marked as done (ITP: ixp4xx-microcode -- non-free firmware for the ixp4xx ethernet)

Your message dated Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:44:56 +0000
with message-id <E1JSctE-0007x7-Di@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#464954: fixed in ixp4xx-microcode 2.4-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #464954,
regarding ITP: ixp4xx-microcode -- non-free firmware for the ixp4xx ethernet
to be marked as done.

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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

The nslu2 needs non-free firmware for its ethernet. This is currently
distributed in the d-i installation images on slug-firmware.net.

The firmware can be downloaded from 
<http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2100&DwnldID=12954&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All%20Operating%20Systems&lang=eng>

A change in the license means it's free enough for er, non-free.

  INTEL(R) SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
   
  Copyright (c) 2007, Intel Corporation.
  All rights reserved.
  
  Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without modification, are permitted
  provided that the following conditions are met:
  o Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the following disclaimer in the
  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
  o Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its suppliers may be used to endorse
  or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 
  o No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software is permitted.
  
  Limited patent license. Intel Corporation grants a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive
  license under patents it now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import,
  offer to sell and sell (.Utilize.) this software, but solely to the extent that any such patent is
  necessary to Utilize the software alone. The patent license shall not apply to any combinations
  which include this software. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
  DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
  ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
  EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
  GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
  OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
  OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The firmware is distributed by intel in the form of some C files containing a
lot of binary dataa. (Which is why the license refers to "in binary form".)
This is compiled into /lib/firmware/NPE-B using IxNpeMicrocode.h and a
Makefile, which can be downloaded from the openwrt svn repo at:
https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/package/ixp4xx-microcode/

IxNpeMicrocode.h is licensed under the GPL. Which seems problimatic,
since it is #included by IxNpeMicrocode.c, which has the above license.
Is this license GPL compatible? The prohibition on reverse engineering does
not seem GPL compatible. I've mailed Christian Hohnstaedt, author of
IxNpeMicrocode.h, to see if I can get that cleared up.

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Source: ixp4xx-microcode
Source-Version: 2.4-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ixp4xx-microcode, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.diff.gz
  to pool/non-free/i/ixp4xx-microcode/ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.diff.gz
ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.dsc
  to pool/non-free/i/ixp4xx-microcode/ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.dsc
ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1_armel.deb
  to pool/non-free/i/ixp4xx-microcode/ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1_armel.deb
ixp4xx-microcode_2.4.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/non-free/i/ixp4xx-microcode/ixp4xx-microcode_2.4.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 464954@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> (supplier of updated ixp4xx-microcode package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:56:12 -0500
Source: ixp4xx-microcode
Binary: ixp4xx-microcode
Architecture: source armel
Version: 2.4-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Changed-By: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Description: 
 ixp4xx-microcode - Binary microcode for the IXP4xx ethernet
Closes: 464954
Changes: 
 ixp4xx-microcode (2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * First release. Closes: #464954
   * Disable IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL
     and enable IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS_HDR_CONV
     and IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_ETH_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS_HDR_CONV.
     According to the openwrt team, this disables "learning" mode, which can
     interfere with stp and bridging operation.
Files: 
 8992c483cbe99e1efa6618257c47c42f 677 non-free/admin extra ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.dsc
 0cad8c17f30d5bbd8d448b0847fa4c09 182036 non-free/admin extra ixp4xx-microcode_2.4.orig.tar.gz
 fbdd903a58dbf703d3342511cac3ba0d 2456 non-free/admin extra ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1.diff.gz
 5e43e0981ce1d1ab1711024643128143 8526 non-free/admin extra ixp4xx-microcode_2.4-1_armel.deb

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