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Bug#383465: marked as done (Contains obfuscated source code, DFSG violation?)

Your message dated Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:33:51 +0000
with message-id <E1Svxb5-0006Zb-3f@franck.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#383465: fixed in xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.17-4
has caused the Debian Bug report #383465,
regarding Contains obfuscated source code, DFSG violation?
to be marked as done.

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Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Version: 1:1.0.1.5-2
Severity: serious

The nv driver appears to be heavily obfuscated and is effectively 
unmodifiable. Rather than symbolic constants, almost every reference to 
hardware is performed using undocumented hex. The only registers that 
appear to be documented are the legacy CRTC ones which are effectively 
identical over all hardware. Take for example NVBacklightEnable:

    if((pNv->Chipset == 0x10DE0179) || 
       (pNv->Chipset == 0x10DE0189) || 
       (pNv->Chipset == 0x10DE0329))
    {
       /* NV17,18,34 Apple iMac, iBook, PowerBook */
      CARD32 tmp_pmc, tmp_pcrt;
      tmp_pmc = pNv->PMC[0x10F0/4] & 0x7FFFFFFF;
      tmp_pcrt = pNv->PCRTC0[0x081C/4] & 0xFFFFFFFC;
      if(on) {
          tmp_pmc |= (1 << 31);
          tmp_pcrt |= 0x1;
      }
      pNv->PMC[0x10F0/4] = tmp_pmc;
      pNv->PCRTC0[0x081C/4] = tmp_pcrt;
     }

The idea that nvidia do not posess an electronic list of register names 
and offsets is entirely implausible. The only rational explanation is 
that register information is postprocessed out in order to reduce 
information leakage. The shipped code is certainly not the preferred 
form for modification, and according to prevailing attitudes on 
debian-legal should be removed from Debian.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

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Source: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Source-Version: 1:2.1.17-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xserver-xorg-video-nv, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

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 383465@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> (supplier of updated xserver-xorg-video-nv package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:21:33 +0200
Source: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Binary: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Architecture: source kfreebsd-amd64
Version: 1:2.1.17-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: GNU/kFreeBSD Maintainers <debian-bsd@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org>
Description: 
 xserver-xorg-video-nv - X.Org X server -- NV display driver
Closes: 383465
Changes: 
 xserver-xorg-video-nv (1:2.1.17-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Reupload for the sake of non-KMS architectures.
   * Tentatively set debian-bsd as maintainer.  XSF is welcome to takeover if
     they want to (see #612189, and the discussion in
     http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2012/07/msg00343.html).
   * Move to non-free repository.  (Closes: #383465)
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