On 09/15/2015 09:05 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 08:56:10AM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
Removes myself from the MAINTAINERS file for the dgap driver.
There appears to be no way to get the firmware files required
by the dgap driver into the linux-firmware tree. The dgap
driver is useless wihtout this firmware. This product is
considered an obsolete product by Digi. They will not respond
to an inquiry concerning it or its firmware.
Signed-off-by: Mark Hounschell <markh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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MAINTAINERS | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
Shouldn't we also just delete the driver?
Well, I guess that's up to you. The package that the firmware files live
in is still available from Digi's site I suspect. Plus that recent
patch to linux-firmware does contain them and that is public record. So
I suspect the driver could still be used by anyone that had the cards
and found the firmware files. Again, up to you sir.
sad times,
Agreed. I see no "real" issue with the firmware going in tree. We
have/had been redistributing/re-packaging that Digi package for years. I
never actually thought the firmware would be a problem because the whole
package is GPL. But if that's their policy, nothing I can do. I tried.
Regards
Mark
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