Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:02:17 -0700 | From | walt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tg3 driver - make use of binary-only firmware optional |
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Andreas Jochens wrote: > The Debian distribution recently removed the tg3 Gigabit Ethernet driver > from its 2.6 kernels because it contains binary-only firmware, > i.e. software without source code, which violates the > Debian Free Software Guildelines. > > I not a kernel developer, but I looked at the tg3 driver > and it seemed that it might work even without the firmware parts.
Your patch works fine for me on my ASUA A7V8X with BCM5702 rev2. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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