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| DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. |
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| This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old |
| device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). |
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| As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean |
| separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware |
| here. |
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| This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The |
| place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: |
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| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git |
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| That repository contains all these firmware images which have been |
| extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which |
| we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ |
| been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. |
| |
| To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary |
| diff or preferably a git pull request to: |
| linux-firmware@kernel.org |
| and also cc: to related mailing lists. |
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| Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly |
| identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and |
| that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's |
| permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the |
| WHENCE file. |
| And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. |
| |
| Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone |
| authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from |
| within the company that owns the code). |
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| WARNING: |
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| Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or |
| request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_. |
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| Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply. |
