[PATCH V2 1/4] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-10-18 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu governor has a method to predict the repeat

[PATCH 2/5] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure in general case

2012-10-16 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. The patch extends to general case that prediction logic get

[PATCH 1/5] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-10-16 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu governor has a method to predict the repeat

[PATCH 1/5] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-10-16 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu governor has a method to predict the repeat

[PATCH 2/5] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure in general case

2012-10-16 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. The patch extends to general case that prediction logic get

Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
> Could I convince you to try out my variation on > detect_repeating_intervals? :) > > http://people.redhat.com/riel/cstate/cstate-stddev-converge.patch > > I suspect that small change might help your code adapt to changed > conditions even faster. Yes. of course. your patch of

Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Rik van Riel
On 09/17/2012 09:53 PM, Youquan Song wrote: The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu

[PATCH V2 2/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure in general case

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. The patch extends the patch to enhance the prediction

[PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu governor has a method to predict the repeat

[PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu governor has a method to predict the repeat

[PATCH V2 2/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure in general case

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. The patch extends the patch to enhance the prediction

Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Rik van Riel
On 09/17/2012 09:53 PM, Youquan Song wrote: The prediction for future is difficult and when the cpuidle governor prediction fails and govenor possibly choose the shallower C-state than it should. How to quickly notice and find the failure becomes important for power saving. cpuidle menu

Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] x86,idle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode

2012-09-17 Thread Youquan Song
Could I convince you to try out my variation on detect_repeating_intervals? :) http://people.redhat.com/riel/cstate/cstate-stddev-converge.patch I suspect that small change might help your code adapt to changed conditions even faster. Yes. of course. your patch of cstate-stddev-converge is

Re: [PATCH] aerdrv: Enable AER completion notice

2012-07-30 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Lance Ortiz wrote: > When an AER event occurs not all of the print notifications are at the > same log level. This can cause an incomplete AER log from the users > point of view when monitoring the console output. > > The completion message in do_recovery() is

Re: [PATCH] aerdrv: Enable AER completion notice

2012-07-30 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Lance Ortiz lance.or...@hp.com wrote: When an AER event occurs not all of the print notifications are at the same log level. This can cause an incomplete AER log from the users point of view when monitoring the console output. The completion message in

[PATCH] aerdrv: Enable AER completion notice

2012-07-19 Thread Lance Ortiz
When an AER event occurs not all of the print notifications are at the same log level. This can cause an incomplete AER log from the users point of view when monitoring the console output. The completion message in do_recovery() is currently set to KERN_DEBUG (log level 7) while the starting

[PATCH] aerdrv: Enable AER completion notice

2012-07-19 Thread Lance Ortiz
When an AER event occurs not all of the print notifications are at the same log level. This can cause an incomplete AER log from the users point of view when monitoring the console output. The completion message in do_recovery() is currently set to KERN_DEBUG (log level 7) while the starting

Re: [PATCH] [1/8] CPA: Remove my copyright notice

2008-02-11 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Not much left from the original code and I don't want my name > on it because there is code in there I disagree with. > > I don't think any of the Ben inspired code is left in there > either, but I left his name in for now. > > Signed-off-by: Andi

[PATCH] [1/8] CPA: Remove my copyright notice

2008-02-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Not much left from the original code and I don't want my name on it because there is code in there I disagree with. I don't think any of the Ben inspired code is left in there either, but I left his name in for now. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |

Re: [PATCH] [1/8] CPA: Remove my copyright notice

2008-02-11 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: Not much left from the original code and I don't want my name on it because there is code in there I disagree with. I don't think any of the Ben inspired code is left in there either, but I left his name in for now. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

[PATCH] [1/8] CPA: Remove my copyright notice

2008-02-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Not much left from the original code and I don't want my name on it because there is code in there I disagree with. I don't think any of the Ben inspired code is left in there either, but I left his name in for now. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |

[PATCH 7/7] Blackfin RTC driver: convert sync wait to use the irq write complete notice

2007-11-23 Thread Bryan Wu
From: Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - thus clearing out the need for spin locks - add a small optimization for reading of the rtc field Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c | 249

[PATCH 7/7] Blackfin RTC driver: convert sync wait to use the irq write complete notice

2007-11-23 Thread Bryan Wu
From: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] - thus clearing out the need for spin locks - add a small optimization for reading of the rtc field Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c | 249

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:56:10 -0500 Rob Landley wrote: > On Friday 31 August 2007 7:10:00 am Satyam Sharma wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: > > > On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. >

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Rob Landley
On Friday 31 August 2007 7:10:00 am Satyam Sharma wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: > > On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. > > > > > > See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > > > 14) The

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Satyam Sharma
Hi Rob, On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: > On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: > > Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. > > > > See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > > 14) The canonical patch format > > from Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Rob Landley
On Friday 31 August 2007 7:10:00 am Satyam Sharma wrote: Hi Rob, On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: 14) The canonical patch

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:56:10 -0500 Rob Landley wrote: On Friday 31 August 2007 7:10:00 am Satyam Sharma wrote: Hi Rob, On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-31 Thread Satyam Sharma
Hi Rob, On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Rob Landley wrote: On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: 14) The canonical patch format from Rob Landley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Rob

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Rob Landley
On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: > Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. > > See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > 14) The canonical patch format from Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecryptfs.txt moved into

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:46:17 -0500 Rob Landley wrote: > Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ecryptfs.txt moved into Documentation/filesystems, so move the 00-INDEX entry. Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: 14) The canonical

[PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Rob Landley
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ecryptfs.txt moved into Documentation/filesystems, so move the 00-INDEX entry. --- linux-2.6.23-rc4/Documentation/00-INDEX 2007-08-27 20:32:35.0 -0500 +++ linux-new/Documentation/00-INDEX2007-08-30 14:43:15.0 -0500 @@ -134,8

[PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Rob Landley
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ecryptfs.txt moved into Documentation/filesystems, so move the 00-INDEX entry. --- linux-2.6.23-rc4/Documentation/00-INDEX 2007-08-27 20:32:35.0 -0500 +++ linux-new/Documentation/00-INDEX2007-08-30 14:43:15.0 -0500 @@ -134,8

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:46:17 -0500 Rob Landley wrote: Signed-off-by: Rob Landley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ecryptfs.txt moved into Documentation/filesystems, so move the 00-INDEX entry. Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: 14) The canonical patch

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/00-INDEX notice ecryptfs.txt moved.

2007-08-30 Thread Rob Landley
On Thursday 30 August 2007 2:04:37 pm Randy Dunlap wrote: Please use the expected (canonical) patch format. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches: 14) The canonical patch format from Rob Landley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Rob Landley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ecryptfs.txt moved into

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Ingo Korb
Ingo Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Loads find and seems to work with basic tests (and no character loss, > yay!). I'll try 8-link bonded ppp when I've set up a second box. Update: The driver now survives 7-link[1] bonded ppp without problems with both UART types. IIRC it previously died

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Ingo Korb
Jiri Slaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay, tty alloc after pci init, attached patch should fix it. Could you > retest? Loads find and seems to work with basic tests (and no character loss, yay!). I'll try 8-link bonded ppp when I've set up a second box. -ik - To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Jiri Slaby
Ingo Korb wrote: > > > Should I test it with an EC8/64-PCI? The /32 (ab)uses an IDE controller > > > chip as PCI interface, the /64 uses a PLX PCI9050. > > > > I don't undestand this. IDE grabs the device? This is possible and if yes, > > I'll fix the IDE driver. > > Yes, IDE (specifically:

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Jiri Slaby
Ingo Korb wrote: Should I test it with an EC8/64-PCI? The /32 (ab)uses an IDE controller chip as PCI interface, the /64 uses a PLX PCI9050. I don't undestand this. IDE grabs the device? This is possible and if yes, I'll fix the IDE driver. Yes, IDE (specifically: generic IDE PCI

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Ingo Korb
Jiri Slaby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Okay, tty alloc after pci init, attached patch should fix it. Could you retest? Loads find and seems to work with basic tests (and no character loss, yay!). I'll try 8-link bonded ppp when I've set up a second box. -ik - To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-04 Thread Ingo Korb
Ingo Korb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Loads find and seems to work with basic tests (and no character loss, yay!). I'll try 8-link bonded ppp when I've set up a second box. Update: The driver now survives 7-link[1] bonded ppp without problems with both UART types. IIRC it previously died with

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-03 Thread Jiri Slaby
Ingo Korb napsal(a): > Hi! > > The stallion driver in 2.6.21.3 put this little notice in my dmesg: > > === Cut === > Stallion Multiport Serial Driver: version 5.6.0 > stallion :00:0b.0: please, report this to LKML: 100b/d001/ff > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0b.0[

stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-03 Thread Ingo Korb
Hi! The stallion driver in 2.6.21.3 put this little notice in my dmesg: === Cut === Stallion Multiport Serial Driver: version 5.6.0 stallion :00:0b.0: please, report this to LKML: 100b/d001/ff ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 stallion: probe of 0

Re: stallion driver dmesg notice

2007-06-03 Thread Jiri Slaby
Ingo Korb napsal(a): Hi! The stallion driver in 2.6.21.3 put this little notice in my dmesg: === Cut === Stallion Multiport Serial Driver: version 5.6.0 stallion :00:0b.0: please, report this to LKML: 100b/d001/ff ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0b.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 17

[PATCH 2/15] x86-64: Calgary - update copyright notice

2007-05-22 Thread muli
From: Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c index 4b0c3ad..b1ab0d5

[PATCH 2/15] x86-64: Calgary - update copyright notice

2007-05-22 Thread muli
From: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-calgary.c index 4b0c3ad..b1ab0d5

[patch 1/5] PNP: notice whether we have PNP devices (PNPBIOS or PNPACPI)

2007-04-04 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
If we can discover devices using PNP, we can skip some legacy probes. This flag ("pnp_platform_devices") indicates that PNPBIOS or PNPACPI is enabled and should tell us about builtin devices. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: work/drivers/pnp/core.c

[patch 1/5] PNP: notice whether we have PNP devices (PNPBIOS or PNPACPI)

2007-04-04 Thread Bjorn Helgaas
If we can discover devices using PNP, we can skip some legacy probes. This flag (pnp_platform_devices) indicates that PNPBIOS or PNPACPI is enabled and should tell us about builtin devices. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index: work/drivers/pnp/core.c

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Raul Miller
> > That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a > > collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. If > > there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and ordering > > the parts. The creation of works that "can be linked together" > > is not protected by copyright:

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Humberto Massa
David Schwartz wrote: >>That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a >>collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. >>If there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and >>ordering the parts. The creation of works that "can be >>linked together" is not protected

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Marco Colombo
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 21:47 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 04:53:56PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote: > > > > This is different. They are not giving the source at all. The licence > > > > for those object files _has_ to be different. _They_ want it to be > > > > different. > > >

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread David Schwartz
> That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a > collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. If > there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and ordering > the parts. The creation of works that "can be linked together" > is not protected by copyright: the

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Humberto Massa
f the GPL) > >> >Wouldn't you agree that this is the normal form of use of >> >a library? And doesn't first sale give you the right to >> >normal use of a work you have legally acquired? >> >>Yes. And yes, if you buy a copy of the library, yes (but

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Humberto Massa
to normal use of a work you have legally acquired? Yes. And yes, if you buy a copy of the library, yes (but notice: not if you downloaded it for free from the Net). There is no legal distinction. Why do you think that? You can even be right on this, but your argument below did not convince me. Your

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Marco Colombo
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 21:47 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 04:53:56PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote: This is different. They are not giving the source at all. The licence for those object files _has_ to be different. _They_ want it to be different. Sure, but in

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread David Schwartz
That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. If there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and ordering the parts. The creation of works that can be linked together is not protected by copyright: the literary

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Humberto Massa
David Schwartz wrote: That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. If there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and ordering the parts. The creation of works that can be linked together is not protected by copyright:

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-14 Thread Raul Miller
That is the point: the result is not a single work. It is a collection or compilation of works, just like an anthology. If there is any creativity involved, is in choosing and ordering the parts. The creation of works that can be linked together is not protected by copyright: the

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Raul Miller
> > What compels you to agree with an EULA? On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 06:54:29PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > If you do not agree with the EULA, you cannot and do not acquire > lawful possession of the work. What about cases where you pay for the software before you're allowed to see the

[Long OT] Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Kyle Moffett
This thread should probably get moved off-list soon, it's like beating the dead horse long after its flesh has decayed and its bones disintegrated to dust. On Apr 13, 2005, at 21:54, David Schwartz wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:05:59PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: Yes, the GPL can give you

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclearcopyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
> It seems to me, that to be consistent with the argument you seem to be > presenting concerning binary data in GPLd code, that you also need to be > demanding the "source" hardware design for binary register values. > > Why not consider the binary firmware in the same category as binary >

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:05:59PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > Yes, the GPL can give you rights you wouldn't otherwise have. A > > EULA can take away rights you would otherwise have. > What compels you to agree with an EULA? If you do not agree with the EULA, you cannot and do

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
of the individual works such that they can be linked together. > >Wouldn't you agree that this is the normal form of use of a > >library? And doesn't first sale give you the right to normal > >use of a work you have legally acquired? > > Yes. And yes, if you buy a co

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 04:53:56PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote: > > > This is different. They are not giving the source at all. The licence > > > for those object files _has_ to be different. _They_ want it to be > > > different. > > > > Sure, but in this case, the binary firmware blob is also a

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Marco Colombo
the > > > rest > > > of it. gives permission to distribute said firmware blob as > > > part of the linux kernel module driver for their hardware. The actual > > > syntax > > > of the inclusion of the code is still covered by the GPL, as is the rest >

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:28:59PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: > Failure to have a click-through license means that there is no acceptance, > which is a fundamental part of contract law. No acceptance, no > contract, no exceptions. False. For example, you can indicate acceptance of the GPL by

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > The EULA is irrelevant in germany and in many parts of the USA. > > > > Really? I was under the impression EULA's were routinely > > > upheld in the USA. > > > If you have any references for that, I'd love to hear them. > > >

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 10:46 pm, Raul Miller wrote: > In essence, you're claiming that the difference between Davidson > & Associates v. Internet Gateway Inc (2004) and other cases such as > Softman v. Adobe (2001) and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. (2000) > is that the presence of a

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 10:46 pm, Raul Miller wrote: In essence, you're claiming that the difference between Davidson Associates v. Internet Gateway Inc (2004) and other cases such as Softman v. Adobe (2001) and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. (2000) is that the presence of a

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: The EULA is irrelevant in germany and in many parts of the USA. Really? I was under the impression EULA's were routinely upheld in the USA. If you have any references for that, I'd love to hear them.

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:28:59PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: Failure to have a click-through license means that there is no acceptance, which is a fundamental part of contract law. No acceptance, no contract, no exceptions. False. For example, you can indicate acceptance of the GPL by

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Marco Colombo
covered by the GPL, as is the rest of the driver code. This is fine with me. It is the existance of legal threats versus debian I don't agree upon. Notice that debian can't afford to be sued even if they are right, so ... So what? This is not the point. You can be sued any time

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 04:53:56PM +0200, Marco Colombo wrote: This is different. They are not giving the source at all. The licence for those object files _has_ to be different. _They_ want it to be different. Sure, but in this case, the binary firmware blob is also a binary without

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
such that they can be linked together. Wouldn't you agree that this is the normal form of use of a library? And doesn't first sale give you the right to normal use of a work you have legally acquired? Yes. And yes, if you buy a copy of the library, yes (but notice: not if you downloaded it for free

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:05:59PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: Yes, the GPL can give you rights you wouldn't otherwise have. A EULA can take away rights you would otherwise have. What compels you to agree with an EULA? If you do not agree with the EULA, you cannot and do not

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclearcopyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread David Schwartz
It seems to me, that to be consistent with the argument you seem to be presenting concerning binary data in GPLd code, that you also need to be demanding the source hardware design for binary register values. Why not consider the binary firmware in the same category as binary register

[Long OT] Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Kyle Moffett
This thread should probably get moved off-list soon, it's like beating the dead horse long after its flesh has decayed and its bones disintegrated to dust. On Apr 13, 2005, at 21:54, David Schwartz wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:05:59PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: Yes, the GPL can give you

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-13 Thread Raul Miller
What compels you to agree with an EULA? On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 06:54:29PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: If you do not agree with the EULA, you cannot and do not acquire lawful possession of the work. What about cases where you pay for the software before you're allowed to see the EULA?

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:45:43PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > This wasn't a copyright case. The court only refused to uphold the > agreement because there was no oppurtunity to review the agreement before > purchase. So it certainly wouldn't apply to a click-through type agreement.

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Zan Lynx
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 20:45 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: [snip] > > A did put a GPL notice on it. He can't change his mind later. > Then he should give us the source. [snip] > The fact remains that those firmware blob have no licence, and thus defacto > fall under the GPL.

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Humberto Massa
you the right to normal >use of a work you have legally acquired? Yes. And yes, if you buy a copy of the library, yes (but notice: not if you downloaded it for free from the Net). > >There are many ways you can lawfully create a derivative work >without explicit permission of the copyright hol

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Sven Luther
t; > rest > > of it. gives permission to distribute said firmware blob as > > part of the linux kernel module driver for their hardware. The actual > > syntax > > of the inclusion of the code is still covered by the GPL, as is the rest > > of > > the driver

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread David Schwartz
> David Schwartz wrote: > > > This would, of course, only make sense if you *had* to agree to the > > license to *create* the derivative work. If you were able to create > > the derivative work under first sale or fair use rights, then the > > restrictions in the contract would not apply to

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: > > If you buy a W*nd*ws install CD, you can create a derived work, > > e.g. an image > > of your installation, under the fair use rights (IANAL). Can you > > distribute > > that image freely? > > I would say that if not for the EULA, you could

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread David Schwartz
> > > The EULA is irrelevant in germany and in many parts of the USA. > > Really? I was under the impression EULA's were routinely > > upheld in the USA. > > If you have any references for that, I'd love to hear them. > http://www.freibrunlaw.com/articles/articl22.htm This wasn't a

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread David Schwartz
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:44:29AM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > I would say that if not for the EULA, you could transfer ownership > > of the image to someone else. And if you legally acquired two copies of > > Windows, you could install both of them and transfer them. Otherwise, > >

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:05:59PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > Yes, the GPL can give you rights you wouldn't otherwise have. A > EULA can take away rights you would otherwise have. What compels you to agree with an EULA? > In the few court cases that have directly addresses

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:01:15PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > Would you agree that compiling and linking a program that uses > a library creates a derivative work of that library? No, I would not. Creating a derivative work requires creativity, and a linker is not creative. The

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Bodo Eggert
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: > > The EULA is irrelevant in germany and in many parts of the USA. > > Really? I was under the impression EULA's were routinely upheld in the > USA. > If you have any references for that, I'd love to hear them.

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread David Schwartz
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, David Schwartz wrote: > > > If you buy a W*nd*ws install CD, you can create a derived work, > > > e.g. an image > > > of your installation, under the fair use rights (IANAL). Can you > > > distribute > > > that image freely? > > I would say that if not for the EULA,

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:44:29AM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > I would say that if not for the EULA, you could transfer ownership > of the image to someone else. And if you legally acquired two copies of > Windows, you could install both of them and transfer them. Otherwise, > you could

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Humberto Massa
David Schwartz wrote: >>David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you buy a >>W*nd*ws install CD, you can create a derived work, e.g. an >>image of your installation, under the fair use rights >>(IANAL). Can you distribute that image freely? >> > >I would say that if not for the EULA, you

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread David Schwartz
> David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of > >>derivative works. However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common, > >>for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work > >>that is conditional on how

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Marco Colombo
so there's no other holders involved. We're talking about the firmware case. A is one or two well identified subjects. And A wrote it is GPL'ed. Whether you agree or not, that's the licence A chose. A placed the copyright notice. This is where i would need legal counsel, as to whether this means C

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Humberto Massa
David Schwartz wrote: This would, of course, only make sense if you *had* to agree to the license to *create* the derivative work. If you were able to create the derivative work under first sale or fair use rights, then the restrictions in the contract would not apply to you. The only way to

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of >>derivative works. However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common, >>for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work >>that is conditional on how the licensee

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Sven Luther
is included by mere > aggregation, so there's no other holders involved. We're talking > about the firmware case. A is one or two well identified subjects. > And A wrote it is GPL'ed. Whether you agree or not, that's the licence > A chose. A placed the copyright notice. This is where i

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Sven Luther
the firmware case. A is one or two well identified subjects. And A wrote it is GPL'ed. Whether you agree or not, that's the licence A chose. A placed the copyright notice. This is where i would need legal counsel, as to whether this means C or someone else may stop you from distributing unless you

RE: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Bodo Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of derivative works. However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common, for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work that is conditional on how the licensee agrees to

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-12 Thread Humberto Massa
David Schwartz wrote: This would, of course, only make sense if you *had* to agree to the license to *create* the derivative work. If you were able to create the derivative work under first sale or fair use rights, then the restrictions in the contract would not apply to you. The only way to

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