jeff wrote: > max wrote: >> jeff wrote: >>> If you remove the non-free software from tg3.c the device will still >>> work. >> Completely? > > Yes. > >> no loss of functionality whatsoever? > > I think the firmware does some TCP offloading or something so more > processing happens in the card instead of the kernel, but I'm really not > certain what the firmware is doing. In fact, only the people with the > source code know what it's doing, I supppose. > > But it works 100% fine as a regular network card without the firmware. So, let me summarize: we have a bit of binary-only fimware that does goodness knows what in a critical part of our systems. We don't actually need this firmware; it may or may not improve performance. Is this right? It sounds to me as though we're better off without it, regardless of its status with regard to the GPL. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
