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

On Friday, December 23, 2016 6:12:35 PM CET igor.mitsyanko...@quantenna.com wrote: > From: Igor Mitsyanko > > QSR10G is Quantenna's 8x8, 160M, 11ac WiFi card. > > Signed-off-by: Kamlesh Rath > Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich

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

On 11/29/2016 12:34 PM, Arend Van Spriel wrote: On 29-11-2016 10:10, IgorMitsyanko wrote: On 11/29/2016 06:49 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: Am 28.11.2016 um 20:01 schrieb IgorMitsyanko: On 11/28/2016 08:33 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: Am 28.11.2016 um 18:10 schrieb Oleksij Rempel: [...]

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

On 29-11-2016 10:10, IgorMitsyanko wrote: > On 11/29/2016 06:49 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: >> Am 28.11.2016 um 20:01 schrieb IgorMitsyanko: >>> On 11/28/2016 08:33 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: Am 28.11.2016 um 18:10 schrieb Oleksij Rempel: [...] >>> Oleksij, yes, that's correct, it includes

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

On 11/29/2016 06:49 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: Am 28.11.2016 um 20:01 schrieb IgorMitsyanko: On 11/28/2016 08:33 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: 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

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

Am 28.11.2016 um 20:01 schrieb IgorMitsyanko: > On 11/28/2016 08:33 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: >> 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 wrote: >

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

On 11/28/2016 07:34 PM, Kyle McMartin wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko 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

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

On 11/28/2016 08:33 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote: 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 wrote: Hi Ben, Kyle, could you please share what is the position of

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

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 >> wrote: >>> Hi Ben, Kyle, >>> could you please share what is the position of linux-firmware regarding >>> firmware

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

Am 28.11.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Kyle McMartin: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko > 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

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

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko 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

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

On 11/24/2016 02:59 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: IgorMitsyanko writes: On 11/23/2016 06:25 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: IgorMitsyanko writes: To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with linux-wireless: is my understanding

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

IgorMitsyanko writes: > On 11/23/2016 06:25 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: >> IgorMitsyanko writes: >> >>> To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with >>> linux-wireless: is my understanding correct that submitting firmware

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

On 11/23/2016 06:25 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: IgorMitsyanko writes: To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with linux-wireless: is my understanding correct that submitting firmware into linux-fimware repository is a prerequisite to accepting new driver

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

From: Igor Mitsyanko QSR10G is Quantenna's 8x8, 160M, 11ac WiFi card. Signed-off-by: Kamlesh Rath Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil Signed-off-by: Igor Mitsyanko

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

IgorMitsyanko writes: > To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with > linux-wireless: is my understanding correct that submitting firmware > into linux-fimware repository is a prerequisite to accepting new > driver into linux-wireless? In my opinion

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

Thanks, Johannes. To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with linux-wireless: is my understanding correct that submitting firmware into linux-fimware repository is a prerequisite to accepting new driver into linux-wireless? There is an option to start Quantenna device from

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

On Mon, 2016-11-14 at 11:26 +0300, IgorMitsyanko wrote: > Thanks, Johannes. > > To clarify with you and Kalle, as persons involved with linux- > wireless: is my understanding correct that submitting firmware into > linux-fimware repository is a prerequisite to accepting new driver > into

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

Adding linux-firmware people to Cc, since presumably they don't necessarily read linux-wireless... > Johannes, from that perspective, who are the "redistributors"?  > Specifically, is linux-firmware git repository considered a > redistributor or its just hosting files? I mean, at what moment >

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

On 11/10/2016 12:05 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: I understand, and I understand that you/they are actually providing it when asked. However, the carl9170 project has its (entirely GPL) source tree out in the open, making it much *easier* and that was *still* thought to not be sufficient; I don't

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

> > With the carl9170 driver, the GPL firmware was required to be put > > as buildable source code into the linux-firmware tree. > An SDK that can be used to build QSR10G firmware is a ~240MB file in > compressed archive format, it includes GPL code as well as > proprietary components. > Our

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

On 2016-11-09 14:59, igor.mitsyanko...@quantenna.com wrote: > > [...] So I'm told this thing actually runs a full Linux, and consequently is (or at least contains) GPL code. With the carl9170 driver, the GPL firmware was required to be put as buildable source code into the linux-firmware tree.