[ewg] shipping firmware with ofed

[Steve Wise]

Woodruff, Robert J wrote:
> Steve Wrote,
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>> I request that we do add this.  Forcing customers to download firmware
>> isn't very user friendly.
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>> It should be fairly easy to do, yes?  I would take on the work involved
>> to add the infrastructure needed...
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>> All that would be needed, I think, is to make a src rpm that allows
>> generating an rpm that will install the firmware in /lib/firmware.  Each
>> provider could manage their own.  Or we could have a "firmware" src rpm
>> that holds all the providers' firmware images...
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>> Thoughts?
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>> Steve.
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> If people submit firmware to ofed, then would it have to be submitted
> under the dual BSD/GPL license as agreed to in the OFA bylaws. If so,
> then you would probably have to submit the firmware source code as well,
> and I am not sure if you are willing to do that...
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This has somehow been dealt with by RedHat.  They ship chelsio binary 
firmware without src. 

Doug, can you please comment on this?

Thanks,

Steve.