Re: [PATCH v9 0/5] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add R-Car V4H support

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Hello,

[...]
> > > [...]
> > > > About the firmware binary, please refer to the following patch
> > > > descirption:
> > > >   PCI: rcar-gen4: Add support for r8a779g0
> > >
> > > This quite a sad state of affairs, and usually would I oppose including
> > > drivers that rely on closed proprietary firmware blobs to operate.  That
> > > said, Renesas is not really setting any precedent here, so we will live
> > > with this.
> > 
> > What are the existing similar situations?  Just for curiosity, I'd
> > like to know what precedent we are relying on here.
> 
> Wolfram mentioned it on previous email thread [1].
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/53sfkav45djcaapqkzsps6ofsinf5lnxbhrjvgsevt3w6qcms6@e2vptwrj645q/

Another example could be the Marvell's (formerly Aquantia) "Atlantic"
network cards family, which requires a custom firmware blob that wasn't
readily or freely distributed.  The firmware files were never added to
the linux-firmware repository.

... unless things have changes since I looked some time ago.

	Krzysztof




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