[LUCID] [PATCH] Added firmware for for RealTek RTL8191/2SE or RTL8171 wireless MACs

[Tim Gardner]

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rtg

On 03/04/2010 08:07 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> I guess I should have made myself clear from the beginning. What I'm
> really wanting here are legitimate tracks for the provenance of these
> bits. _Who_ at Realtek gave them to you, _who_ provided the license,
> from _what_ URL were these bits copied, etc. I realize that not all of
> the bits in linux-firmware have this information, but I suspect that
> _you_ do for Realtek. Lets get that information codified while its still
> fresh in your mind.
>
> Consider the case wherein Realtek (or someone) sends us a cease and
> desist letter 6 months from now claiming that they did not grant us
> license to redistribute their bits. None of us are going to remember the
> context and we won't have much of a defense.
>
> rtg
>
> On 03/03/2010 09:13 PM, manoj.iyer at canonical.com wrote:
>>
>> Added Info: to whence file.
>>
>> The following changes since commit
>> 71e5a1d2509a452d1d1975ca4ccfa6289e6a10dd:
>> Manoj Iyer (1):
>> Added firmware for for RealTek RTL8191/2SE or RTL8171 wireless MACs
>>
>> are available in the git repository at:
>>
>>
>> ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git
>> lucid
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> --- manjo
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>
>>> And from whence did you retrieve these files? That is what the 'Info:"
>>> field is all about in WHENCE.
>>>
>>> rtg
>>>
>>> On 03/03/2010 02:36 PM, manoj.iyer at canonical.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry about that... modified as per rtg's comments.
>>>>
>>>> The following changes since commit
>>>> 9e1f17be165638afb05794332f8ac1aa16b5e901:
>>>> Manoj Iyer (1):
>>>> Added firmware for for RealTek RTL8191/2SE or RTL8171 wireless MACs
>>>>
>>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git
>>>>
>>>> lucid
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> --- manjo
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You missed the update to WHENCE which reminds us from whence the
>>>>> firmware files came, etc. Always a handy thing to know if you're
>>>>> checking for newer versions.
>>>>>
>>>>> You should also run dos2unix on the license file since it is littered
>>>>> with ^M
>>>>>
>>>>> rtg
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2010 10:59 AM, manoj.iyer at canonical.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rebased on lucid branch as per rtg's
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The following changes since commit
>>>>>> 5a2ed330d6846ca6ffcab44dd303cc0f26cba3cc:
>>>>>> Manoj Iyer (1):
>>>>>> Added firmware for for RealTek RTL8191/2SE or RTL8171 wireless MACs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> lucid
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> --- manjo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Manoj Iyer wrote:
>>>>>>>> This firmware is required for the rtl8192se driver to work. I have
>>>>>>>> tested
>>>>>>>> this firmware with the driver rtl8192se (request-pull I sent out
>>>>>>>> earlier), on my ASUS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The following changes since commit
>>>>>>>> e8b806f1ccab90b15fc03ce8c819f92ce02d824c:
>>>>>>>> Manoj Iyer (1):
>>>>>>>> Added firmware for for RealTek RTL8191/2SE or RTL8171 wireless
>>>>>>>> MACs
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 530275
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> --- manjo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The current Lucid branch HEAD is
>>>>>>> fe628f099abe847850cd2a400a16dbdd59e833eb (Ubuntu-1.31). Please rebase
>>>>>>> against this HEAD and request your pull again. Note that the license
>>>>>>> files are named LICENCE.* in accordance with the upstream repository.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> rtg
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
>>>
>
>


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