| Kyle Swenson | 8d8f654 | 2021-03-15 11:02:55 -0600 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | |
| 2 | DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. |
| 3 | ====================================== |
| 4 | |
| 5 | This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old |
| 6 | device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). |
| 7 | |
| 8 | As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean |
| 9 | separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware |
| 10 | here. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The |
| 13 | place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: |
| 14 | |
| 15 | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git |
| 16 | |
| 17 | That repository contains all these firmware images which have been |
| 18 | extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which |
| 19 | we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ |
| 20 | been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary |
| 23 | diff or preferably a git pull request to: |
| 24 | linux-firmware@kernel.org |
| 25 | and also cc: to related mailing lists. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly |
| 28 | identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and |
| 29 | that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's |
| 30 | permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the |
| 31 | WHENCE file. |
| 32 | And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone |
| 35 | authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from |
| 36 | within the company that owns the code). |
| 37 | |
| 38 | |
| 39 | WARNING: |
| 40 | ======= |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or |
| 43 | request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply. |