[Mageia-dev] Removal of non-free firmware from core section

Mon Nov 7 23:26:19 CET 2011

Hi all!
+
+I've looked in our kernel-firmware package in core/release, and found
+firmware for several dozens of devices that are not OSI-free (as
+previously noted but too late for mga1).
+
+Shall I move the firmware files for the following hardware to
+kernel-firmware-extra, which is in nonfree/release?
+
+The most notable examples of affected firmware are
+- ATI/AMD Radeon cards (free driver)
+- Broadcom Tigon3 Gigabit Ethernet
+- Intel PRO/100 Ethernet
+- Matrox G200/G400/G550
+
+As a reminder:
+Debian has the non-free firmware in non-free section.
+Fedora has the non-free firmware in the main (and only) section.
+Ubuntu has the non-free firmware in the main section.
+According to our media policy, they belong to nonfree like in Debian.
+
+Full list below, as parsed from:
+http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git;a=blob;f=WHENCE;hb=HEAD
+
+> 3c359 - 3Com 3C359 Token Link Velocity XL adapter ()
+> acenic -- Alteon AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet card (Unknown)
+> advansys - AdvanSys SCSI (BSD, no source available.)
+> ambassador -- Madge Ambassador (Collage PCI 155 Server) ATM NIC. (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> cassini - Sun Cassini (Unknown)
+> cpia2 -- cameras based on Vision's CPiA2 (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> cxgb3 - Chelsio Terminator 3 1G/10G Ethernet adapter ()
+> cxgb3 - Chelsio Terminator 3 1G/10G Ethernet adapter (GPLv2 or OpenIB.org BSD license, no source visible)
+> dabusb -- Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Receiver for USB and Linux (Distributable)
+> dvb-ttusb-budget -- Technotrend/Hauppauge Nova-USB devices (Unknown)
+> e100 -- Intel PRO/100 Ethernet NIC (Unknown)
+> emi26 -- EMI 2|6 USB Audio interface ()
+> emi62 -- EMI 6|2m USB Audio interface ()
+> ib_qib - QLogic Infiniband ()
+> io_edgeport - USB Inside Out Edgeport Serial Driver (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> io_ti - USB Inside Out Edgeport Serial Driver ()
+> ip2 -- Computone IntelliPort Plus serial device (Unknown)
+> kaweth -- USB KLSI KL5USB101-based Ethernet device (Unknown)
+> keyspan -- USB Keyspan USA-xxx serial device ()
+> mga - Matrox G200/G400/G550 ()
+> myri_sbus - MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet (Unknown)
+> qla1280 - Qlogic QLA 1240/1x80/1x160 SCSI support (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> qlogicpti - PTI Qlogic, ISP Driver (Unknown)
+> r128 - ATI Rage 128 ()
+> radeon - ATI Radeon ()
+> smc91c92_cs - SMC 91Cxx PCMCIA (Allegedly GPL, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> smctr -- SMC ISA/MCA Token Ring adapter ()
+> snd-korg1212 -- Korg 1212 IO audio device (Unknown)
+> snd-maestro3 -- ESS Allegro Maestro3 audio device (Unknown)
+> snd-sb16-csp - Sound Blaster 16/AWE CSP support (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> snd-wavefront - ISA WaveFront sound card (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible.)
+> snd-ymfpci -- Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 audio devices (Unknown)
+> starfire - Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support (Allegedly GPLv2, but no source visible.)
+> tehuti - Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet ()
+> tg3 -- Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards ()
+> ti_usb_3410_5052 -- Multi-Tech USB cell modems ("all firmware components are redistributable in binary form")
+> ti_usb_3410_5052 -- USB TI 3410/5052 serial device (Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> typhoon - 3cr990 series Typhoon ()
+> vicam -- USB 3com HomeConnect (aka vicam) (Unknown)
+> whiteheat -- USB ConnectTech WhiteHEAT serial device (Allegedly GPLv2, but no source visible. Marked:)
+> yam - YAM driver for AX.25 ()
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+