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2 | DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. | |
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5 | This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old | |
6 | device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). | |
7 | ||
8 | As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean | |
9 | separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware | |
10 | here. | |
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12 | This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The | |
13 | place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: | |
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7b21a202 | 15 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git |
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17 | That repository contains all these firmware images which have been | |
18 | extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which | |
19 | we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ | |
20 | been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. | |
21 | ||
22 | To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary | |
23 | diff or preferably a git pull request to: | |
de88d8be BH |
24 | linux-firmware@kernel.org |
25 | and also cc: to related mailing lists. | |
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27 | Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly | |
28 | identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and | |
29 | that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's | |
30 | permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the | |
31 | WHENCE file. | |
de88d8be | 32 | And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. |
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34 | Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone | |
35 | authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from | |
36 | within the company that owns the code). | |
de88d8be BH |
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38 | ||
39 | WARNING: | |
40 | ======= | |
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42 | Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or | |
43 | request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_. | |
44 | ||
45 | Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply. |