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

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Hello Bjorn,

> From: Bjorn Helgaas, Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:46 AM
> 
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 05:06:50AM +0900, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
> > 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/

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda





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