linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match current availability of firmware images

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Message-ID: <Z46vUgFJv6o-tNLq@kanto>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:20:02 +0100
From: Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>
To: "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj.linux@...il.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Ilpo J??rvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match
 current availability of firmware images

Hi Jithu,

On Thu, Jan 02, 2025 at 01:40:23PM -0800, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/2/2025 11:43 AM, Anisse Astier wrote:
> > I realize Intel had a few troubled years, and that having this feature
> > in the kernel must be quite helpful to some users. But right now, it
> > cannot be used unless one has a commercial relationship with Intel.
> > 
> > I am not advocating for the removal of this driver; this is just an
> > update of the documentation to show that the publication of the firmware
> > images necessary to use the driver might have fallen through the cracks,
> > and might not happen soon.
> 
> Thanks for bringing this up ... apologies for the delay in making the images publicly available.
> We have reached out to internal teams to speed this up.
> 
> I will update the the documentation (or respond here) when I have more info
> 
> In the meantime, I am okay with updating the documentation  to reflect the current state of image availability
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Jithu

Did you get any update?

Do you think this doc patch could be queued for 6.14 or 6.15 ?

Kind regards,

Anisse