netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver.

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Message-Id: <20101008.115050.28825457.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mjg59@...f.ucam.org
Cc:	ellyjones@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jglasgow@...gle.com,
	msb@...gle.com, olofj@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver.

From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:18:51 +0100

> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:14:06AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> I don't think we want a driver in the tree for a device for which the
>> firmware isn't even distributable.
> 
> Greg didn't seem to think this was a problem when he merged the serial 
> driver.

That's Greg's problem.

I don't see how any distribution can properly support this device
if it cannot work without non-distributable firmware.
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