From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752835AbbDMCUg (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:20:36 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:37868 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752485AbbDMCUf (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:20:35 -0400 Message-ID: <1428891620.29665.62.camel@decadent.org.uk> Subject: [PATCH RESEND] firmware: Update information in linux.git about adding firmware From: Ben Hutchings To: LKML Cc: linux-firmware@kernel.org, Xose Vazquez Perez Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:20:20 +0100 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-QV4O1erEzv59eni4gFIV" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.9-1+b1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.249 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-QV4O1erEzv59eni4gFIV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kyle McMartin joined the linux-firmware maintainers, and we now have an alias which reaches all of us. Include that instead of the individual addresses. Add some further recommendations that were already included in the README in linux-firmware.git added by Xose Vazquez Perez . Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- firmware/README.AddingFirmware | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/firmware/README.AddingFirmware b/firmware/README.AddingFirmwar= e index ea78c3a..bcb5f46 100644 --- a/firmware/README.AddingFirmware +++ b/firmware/README.AddingFirmware @@ -21,15 +21,25 @@ been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. =20 To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary diff or preferably a git pull request to: - David Woodhouse - Ben Hutchings + linux-firmware@kernel.org +and also cc: to related mailing lists. =20 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. =20 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: +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +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. --=20 Ben Hutchings Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstei= n --=-QV4O1erEzv59eni4gFIV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIVAwUAVSsn6ee/yOyVhhEJAQqI1RAAk6KOZG2oLqP8nWp1wGES5mvPC1BQH3V1 I17kOrkqKHTnmnoIu/Nb3Vw6yWN3txkJbPFnrFa1itigwSGt5rfsQ0AF9vl5ZAmF FmNleJTRXTE6ft++fIWpu5rNjoaRJKpUZw2JQAAvzb1B25h8eBTehbnOb8MHZk98 TzrEozZB6721FSQhfx23QVaXk02c57MHYYr+JCFd7E3MjGF4KOvg4ZUEmql3nEiV 0X4kqC7kT61pCDuUxajZ04ilO0KJMQY4aZfXiTCnCPqre07ko4ypvyUg5pi8Aa23 KaPGLirTtZu7sbzCEDnGww52PNtdkIttiV+rjNCVyKGgscbBGmR7cKCokBc6fVBZ Jj4diQ0l9UNnTLAY3kQA1vZZime0v6f9HwnSpyWk75ph393ZNTZmaxSXwkHsU/Da Vo0CM6PfjSl0yU3b1r02MqYosiuHuHEZKHGf38Epv5BYOEeUBZosdwawparrpahH MmBOILlDxuxQK1e8ntY4givAdglJ/yx8tErSC3Z7fP4gkjTmA1suGQkC28y/rWf+ rCv151uLxFDuiDHpL4gVlep0A0RTuUSZbdkUfoUr+EUBtePpadTCqervpcx3UMZO 9Q/5Tf7Jcb/zbgkVyhtYdIpEfvWXR78rxTsOY6ELeJYK5au0ofX+PT+rOy3M/FuH gWxrUAtUO8I= =Ebxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-QV4O1erEzv59eni4gFIV--