From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- firmware/README.AddingFirmware | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 firmware/README.AddingFirmware (limited to 'firmware/README.AddingFirmware') 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 + +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). -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf