DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY.
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This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old
device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware().
As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean
separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware
here.
This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The
place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
That 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 that 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.
Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly
identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and
that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's
permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the
WHENCE file.
And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself.
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.
re/dev_ioctl.c?id=883af14e67e8b8702b5560aa64c888c0cd0bd66c'>treecommitdiff
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge fixes from Andrew Morton:
"26 fixes"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (26 commits)
MAINTAINERS: add Dan Streetman to zbud maintainers
MAINTAINERS: add Dan Streetman to zswap maintainers
mm: do not export ioremap_page_range symbol for external module
mn10300: fix build error of missing fpu_save()
romfs: use different way to generate fsid for BLOCK or MTD
frv: add missing atomic64 operations
mm, page_alloc: fix premature OOM when racing with cpuset mems update
mm, page_alloc: move cpuset seqcount checking to slowpath
mm, page_alloc: fix fast-path race with cpuset update or removal
mm, page_alloc: fix check for NULL preferred_zone
kernel/panic.c: add missing \n
fbdev: color map copying bounds checking
frv: add atomic64_add_unless()
mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask
radix-tree: fix private list warnings
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: add VmPin
mm, memcg: do not retry precharge charges
proc: add a schedule point in proc_pid_readdir()
mm: alloc_contig: re-allow CMA to compact FS pages
mm/slub.c: trace free objects at KERN_INFO
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