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diff --git a/firmware/README.AddingFirmware b/firmware/README.AddingFirmware new file mode 100644 index 000000000..463b1e42b --- /dev/null +++ b/firmware/README.AddingFirmware @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + + DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. + ====================================== + +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. + +/*(DEBLOBBED)*/ + Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> + +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. + +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). |