netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/r8169: Remove the firmware of RTL8111D

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Message-ID: <20101206220440.GA3853@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:04:40 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>
Cc:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/r8169: Remove the firmware of RTL8111D

Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org> :
[...]
> I have reports that the RTL8111D/8168D hardware can work without this
> firmware, possibly with limited functionality or compatibility.  (I
> assume it is a patch for the original firmware loaded from ROM or
> flash.)  So I feel obliged to give users the choice to use the driver
> without installing non-free firmware. If you want to make the warning
> on failure of request_firmware() more explicit then that's OK with me.

I'll make it more explicit regarding what it loads, yes.

> If you make the failure fatal I will probably revert that in Debian.

I have no technical argument against yours to make the failure fatal
yet: even Realtek's wording is rather soft. I will reconsider it if
things turn ugly.

Btw, it is not too hard to build a firmware-of-freedom binary : all
zero should be fine here.

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Ueimor
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