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Re: [RFC] qtn: add FullMAC firmware for Quantenna QSR10G wifi device

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Am 28.11.2016 um 18:10 schrieb Oleksij Rempel:
> Am 28.11.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Kyle McMartin:
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko
>> <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Ben, Kyle,
>>> could you please share what is the position of linux-firmware regarding
>>> firmware binaries that include GPL components? Does it require entire GPL
>>> components codebase be present in linux-firmware tree, or maybe having this
>>> clause in license file is enough:
>>> +Open Source Software. The Software may include components that are licensed
>>> +pursuant to open source software (“Open Source Components”). Information
>>> +regarding the Open Source Components included with the Software is
>>> available
>>> +upon request to oslegal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To the extent such Open Source
>>> +Components are required to be licensed to you under the terms of a separate
>>> +license (such as an open source license) then such other terms shall apply,
>>> and
>>> +nothing herein shall be deemed or interpreted to limit any rights you may
>>> have
>>> +under any such applicable license.
>>>
>>> From technical perspective, size of the codebase used to build Quantenna
>>> firmware is a few hundred MBs, it seems too much to include into
>>> linux-firmware tree.
>>>
>>
>> I don't have strong feelings one way or another. I'd prefer not having
>> several hundred
>> MB of source that's unlikely to change included in the linux-firmware
>> git tree. I'm also not
>> a lawyer, so I can't help you decide what would satisfy the
>> distribution clause of the GPLv2.
>> We already have one GPL firmware (carl9170fw) which includes the
>> source, but just references
>> a seperate toolchain for downloading, so it's only approximately 1MB
>> in size in the tree.
>>
>> Is your firmware source really that large, or is it just including the
>> entire build toolchain with it?
>>
>> regards,
>> --Kyle
> 
> We also have open BSD licensed open-ath9k-htc-firmware. Which is locate
> out of source too.
> https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware
> and here is location of carl firmware:
> https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw
> 
> So, what is actual problem with Quantenna QSR10G FW?
> I would be really interesting to take a look on it. Is it somewhere
> available? Are there some devices to get hand on?

After seeing specs of this device i have strong feeling that "some open
source part" is actual linux kernel.


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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