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From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
To: Sky Huang <SkyLake.Huang@mediatek.com>, John Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-firmware <linux-firmware@kernel.org>,
	linux-mediatek <linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org>,
	Steven Liu <Steven.Liu@mediatek.com>,
	Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>,
	"Lucien . Jheng" <lucien.jheng@airoha.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: add firmware for en8811h 2.5G ethernet phy
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 00:12:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8cf9a21-ef2b-48c6-86b3-ff8874c87b8b@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231130134610.31342-1-SkyLake.Huang@mediatek.com>

On 30/11/2023 15:46, Sky Huang wrote:
> From: "SkyLake.Huang" <skylake.huang@mediatek.com>
> 
> This patch adds firmware files for airoha en8811h 2.5G ethernet phy.
> Refer to https://www.airoha.com/products/p/tKkm7DPXi5m6wY2D for more
> product information.
> 
> Signed-off-by: SkyLake.Huang <skylake.huang@mediatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lucien.Jheng <lucien.jheng@airoha.com>
> ---
>   LICENSE.airoha         |   9 +++++++++
>   WHENCE                 |   9 +++++++++
>   airoha/EthMD32.DSP.bin | Bin 0 -> 131072 bytes
>   airoha/EthMD32.dm.bin  | Bin 0 -> 16384 bytes
>   4 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 LICENSE.airoha
>   create mode 100644 airoha/EthMD32.DSP.bin
>   create mode 100644 airoha/EthMD32.dm.bin
> 
> diff --git a/LICENSE.airoha b/LICENSE.airoha
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..160058b7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/LICENSE.airoha
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +Airoha Inc. grants permission to use and redistribute aforementioned firmware
> +files for the use with devices containing Airoha chipsets, but not as part of
> +the Linux kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves
> +to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License or the GNU Lesser
> +General Public License.

This doesn't allow redistributing these firmware files for other use 
cases. Thus, I fear, generic purpose distributions will not be able to 
pick up these files. But please note, I'm not a lawyer.

> +
> +These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but
> +are provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTY
> +OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry


      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-04 22:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-30 13:46 [PATCH] linux-firmware: add firmware for en8811h 2.5G ethernet phy Sky Huang
2023-12-04 13:12 ` Josh Boyer
2023-12-04 22:12 ` Dmitry Baryshkov [this message]

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