[LUCID FIRMWARE] Added firmware for NetXen network interface cards.

Amit Kucheria amit.kucheria at canonical.com
Fri Mar 26 08:16:49 UTC 2010


On 10 Mar 25, Manoy Iyer wrote:
> 
> I botched up the request pull again ... Thanks for catching it yet again 
> cnd.
> 
> The following changes since commit 
> 947bfb460f82ee6ad43df044723cc24a0485067f:
>    Manoj Iyer (1):
>          Added firmware for NetXen network interface cards.
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
> 
> git://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git lucid
> 
> 
> I would NACK the firmware coz the license does not seem to be 
> re-distributable.
> 

NACK. License only allows redistribution with QLogic HW, not a generic OS.

> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Manoj Iyer wrote:
> 
> >
> > Qlogic provided us with the firmware for the netxen cards, they are
> > working this firmware upstream. I believe the license is NOT a
> > re-distributable license, and already raised concern with qlogic.
> >
> > I am submitting a request pull so that you can review and comment abt the
> > license.
> >
> >
> > The following changes since commit
> > 0e8bbb026343c61d920d2de2036392bf794d4e67:
> >   Tim Gardner (1):
> >         Ubuntu-1.33
> >
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >
> >
> > ssh://zinc.canonical.com/srv/kernel.ubuntu.com/git/manjo/linux-firmware.git
> > ..BRANCH.NOT.VERIFIED..
> >
> > Manoj Iyer (1):
> >       Added firmware for NetXen network interface cards.
> >
> >  LICENCE.phanfw |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  WHENCE         |   13 +++++++++++++
> >  phanfw.bin     |  Bin 0 -> 1774109 bytes
> >  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 LICENCE.phanfw
> >  create mode 100644 phanfw.bin
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > --- manjo
> >
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