reassign 651443 src:firmware-nonfree 0.28+squeeze1 quit Hi,
Peter Nelson wrote: > The firmware files required when using an Adaptec Starfire-based network > card using the kernel driver starfire.ko are missing. They are in > neither the linux-image package, nor firmware-linux-free or > firmware-linux-nonfree. Hmm. >From WHENCE in the linux-firmware repository[1]: | Driver: starfire - Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support | | File: adaptec/starfire_rx.bin | File: adaptec/starfire_tx.bin | | Licence: Allegedly GPLv2, but no source visible. Which means we do not have permission to distribute that version without source. However, at [2], I see: | FreeBSD appears to have copied the proper copyright notices into their | versions of the firmware: | http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/dev/sf/starfire_rx.h | http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/dev/sf/starfire_tx.h | | "(c)2001 Adaptec, Inc. By using this software you agree that it is | licensed to you "AS IS" and that Adaptec makes no warranties, | express or implied, regarding the Software. | Any redistribution of this Software must include this disclaimer and | copyright notice." That doesn't actually say that redistribution is allowed, either. :/ FreeBSD's changelog for these files says | Import AIC-6915 firmware for GFP from Adaptec. | Special thanks to bruffer to send the firmware image to me. | | Submitted by: gibbs via bruffer which sounds legit to me. What's the next step? Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan [1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git [2] http://bugs.debian.org/501152#20 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
