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To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Qlogic/FC firmware
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From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sunsite.dk>
Date: 22 Aug 2001 15:08:03 +0200
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>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@redhat.com> writes:

David> If the firmware you point to is indeed suitably licensed, we
David> should put it into the tree.  If what you're asking me to do is
David> take care of this, no problem.

Well I was offering you a solution to your problem. Whether you want
to take it or not is really up to you. I can live with the driver not
shipping any firmware image, but it sounds like Sparc users can't.

Jes