From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933330AbYBHI4R (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:56:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757040AbYBHI4A (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:56:00 -0500 Received: from otello.alma.unibo.it ([137.204.24.163]:56244 "EHLO otello.alma.unibo.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753542AbYBHIz7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:55:59 -0500 Message-ID: <47AC191E.303@otello.alma.unibo.it> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:55:58 +0100 From: Diego Zuccato User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lee Mathers Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <47A5D895.20300@davidnewall.com> <47A6E742.80408@otello.alma.unibo.it> <47AAC1EE.6060101@otello.alma.unibo.it> <47AB0911.3060508@davidnewall.com> <47AB5D2B.5010806@tcafs.org> In-Reply-To: <47AB5D2B.5010806@tcafs.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Lee Mathers ha scritto: > Now we have hardware ASIC that depend on the most part a (dll in > windows) or .ko .o file under linux to provide the entire instruction > set. Think Winmodems, Winprinters etc.... Well, winmodem case is the only I could *almost* understand closed-source drivers: the algorithms used *are* the modem. It's not a simple firmware upload. What I really don't understand are graphic cards producers... If what they say about the card is true, then there's no "advanced" algorithm in the driver, just (at most) a firmware uploader (that's better suited off-kernel anyway)... Bohf! BYtE, Diego.