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Some vendors save a couple of cents by not including an eeprom for wifi parameters on their boards. Instead the driver loads these board specific parameters through the request_firmware mechanism. Since these are board specific the filenames also must be board specific, on x86 DMI strings are used for this and the wifi chipname is postfixed with $sys_vendor-$product_name from the DMI tables. These DMi variables may contain spaces. This commit adds support to check_whence.py for filenames with spaces in them, after this commit these can be specified by putting double-quotes around them, e.g "name with spaces.bin". Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>
Linux firmware
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<http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git>
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
This 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 this 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.
If your commit adds new firmware, it must update the WHENCE file to
clearly state the license under which the firmware is available, and
that it is redistributable. Being redistributable includes ensuring
the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit
patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device
operation with the firmware. If the license is long and involved, it's
permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the
WHENCE file ('See LICENSE.foo for details.').
And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself.
Run 'make check' to check that WHENCE is consistent with the
repository contents.
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).
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_.
Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply.