| DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. | |
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| This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old | |
| device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). | |
| As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean | |
| separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware | |
| here. | |
| This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The | |
| place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: | |
| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git | |
| That repository contains all these firmware images which have been | |
| extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which | |
| we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ | |
| been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. | |
| To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary | |
| diff or preferably a git pull request to: | |
| linux-firmware@kernel.org | |
| and also cc: to related mailing lists. | |
| Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly | |
| identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and | |
| that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's | |
| permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the | |
| WHENCE file. | |
| And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. | |
| Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone | |
| authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from | |
| within the company that owns the code). | |
| WARNING: | |
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| Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or | |
| request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_. | |
| Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply. |