Woodruff, Robert J wrote:
Steve Wrote,
I request that we do add this. Forcing customers to download firmware
isn't very user friendly.
It should be fairly easy to do, yes? I would take on the work involved
to add the infrastructure needed...
All that would be needed, I think, is to make a src rpm that allows
generating an rpm that will install the firmware in /lib/firmware. Each
provider could manage their own. Or we could have a "firmware" src rpm
that holds all the providers' firmware images...
Thoughts?
Steve.
If people submit firmware to ofed, then would it have to be submitted
under the dual BSD/GPL license as agreed to in the OFA bylaws. If so,
then you would probably have to submit the firmware source code as well,
and I am not sure if you are willing to do that...
This has somehow been dealt with by RedHat. They ship chelsio binary
firmware without src.
Doug, can you please comment on this?
Thanks,
Steve.
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