Re: FW RT307x/RT309x

Re: FW RT307x/RT309x

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Luis Correia wrote:

> I'm sorry to be kinda annoying, but the firmware cannot be distributed
> unless it is available directly from Ralink's website with a proper
> license.
> 
> Therefore I kindly request that nothing should be done about this request.
> 
> I will personally contact Ralink and ask for the relevant firmware
> files to be made available.

FW files are inside the source code of the drivers:

./pci/2010_0115_RT3562_RT3062_Linux_STA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
./pci/2010_01_29_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
./pci/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.4_20100222/include/firmware.h
./usb/2009_1214_RT3572_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
./usb/RT2870_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
./usb/RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.1_20100208/include/firmware.h

License:

/*
 Copyright (c) 2007, Ralink Technology Corporation 
 All rights reserved. 

 Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without 
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
 met: 

 	* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the 
 	following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials 
 	provided with the distribution. 
 	* Neither the name of Ralink Technology Corporation nor the names of its 
 	suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this 
 	software without specific prior written permission. 
 	* No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software 
 	is permitted. 

 Limited patent license. Ralink Technology Corporation grants a world-wide, 
 royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or hereafter 
 owns or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and 
 sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to the extent that any 
 such patent is necessary to Utilize the software alone, or in 
 combination with an operating system licensed under an approved Open 
 Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at 
 http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not apply to 
 any other combinations which include this software.  No hardware per 
 se is licensed hereunder. 

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 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
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 COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 
 INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS 
 OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 
 ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR 
 TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE 
 USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
 DAMAGE. 
*/ 

Even with this license Fedora, ... etc are able to distribute them.

-- 
«Allá muevan feroz guerra, ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra;
que yo aquí tengo por mío cuanto abarca el mar bravío, a quien nadie
impuso leyes. Y no hay playa, sea cualquiera, ni bandera de esplendor,
que no sienta mi derecho y dé pecho a mi valor.»

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Luis Correia]

Xose,

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 19:43, Xose Vazquez Perez
<xose.vazquez@gmail.com> wrote:
> Luis Correia wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry to be kinda annoying, but the firmware cannot be distributed
>> unless it is available directly from Ralink's website with a proper
>> license.
>>
>> Therefore I kindly request that nothing should be done about this request.
>>
>> I will personally contact Ralink and ask for the relevant firmware
>> files to be made available.
>
> FW files are inside the source code of the drivers:
>
> ./pci/2010_0115_RT3562_RT3062_Linux_STA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
> ./pci/2010_01_29_RT2860_Linux_STA_v2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
> ./pci/RT3090_LinuxSTA_V2.3.1.4_20100222/include/firmware.h
> ./usb/2009_1214_RT3572_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
> ./usb/RT2870_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.0/include/firmware.h
> ./usb/RT3070_LinuxSTA_V2.3.0.1_20100208/include/firmware.h

Sorry, you can do whatever you want, but I, representing the rt2x00
team cannot back you up in this.

The distributions surely aren't getting the firmware files from source
code, when they are available with a clear license in the
manufacturer's website.

We also do not condone any (mis)use of those firmware files.
However support will only be given to people using firmware obtained
from Ralink.

(and please don't take my words as harsh, we all get stuff from places
we're not actually very proud)

Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin

Re: FW RT307x/RT309x

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Luis Correia wrote:

> Sorry, you can do whatever you want, but I, representing the rt2x00
> team cannot back you up in this.
> 
> The distributions surely aren't getting the firmware files from source
> code, when they are available with a clear license in the
> manufacturer's website.
> 
> We also do not condone any (mis)use of those firmware files.
> However support will only be given to people using firmware obtained
> from Ralink.

those file of fw are inside source code, and directly downloaded from ralink !
http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2

And ALL ralink fw licenses are the _same_. Source code, web and zip_files
have the same text.

-- 
«Allá muevan feroz guerra, ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra;
que yo aquí tengo por mío cuanto abarca el mar bravío, a quien nadie
impuso leyes. Y no hay playa, sea cualquiera, ni bandera de esplendor,
que no sienta mi derecho y dé pecho a mi valor.»

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Luis Correia]

Xose,

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 20:39, Xose Vazquez Perez
<xose.vazquez@gmail.com> wrote:
> Luis Correia wrote:
>
>> Sorry, you can do whatever you want, but I, representing the rt2x00
>> team cannot back you up in this.
>>
>> The distributions surely aren't getting the firmware files from source
>> code, when they are available with a clear license in the
>> manufacturer's website.
>>
>> We also do not condone any (mis)use of those firmware files.
>> However support will only be given to people using firmware obtained
>> from Ralink.
>
> those file of fw are inside source code, and directly downloaded from ralink !
> http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2
>
> And ALL ralink fw licenses are the _same_. Source code, web and zip_files
> have the same text.
>

No,   you   are   wrong.

The source code is GPL, the firmware files are not.

For me this is the last time I'll write about this.



Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Luis Correia]

Hi all,

here is an update, Ralink has released new firmware files, no need to
go on 'ripping stuff out of code'.

---
Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus series
(RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890/RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790/RT3090)

http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWTBNamsyTVRBNE1pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROakJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJMkM%3D
---
Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX USB series
(RT2870/RT2770/RT3572/RT3070)

http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWXpPRGs1T0Rnek5pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROekJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJeUM%3D
---

Copy of the provided license:

*************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2009, Ralink Technology Corporation All rights
reserved.                       *
*

                         *
* Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without
modification,         *
* are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
                              *
*

                         *
* -Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
following     *
*   disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
with the           *
*   distribution.

             *
* -Neither the name of Ralink Technology Corporation nor the names of
its                *
*   suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
this              *
*   software without specific prior written permission.
                                           *
* -No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this
software is             *
*   permitted.

              *
*

                          *
* Limited patent license. Ralink Technology Corporation grants a
world-wide,            *
* royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or
hereafter owns             *
* or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell
("Utilize")           *
* this software, but solely to the extent that any such patent is
necessary to               *
* Utilize the software alone, or in combination with an operating
system                      *
* licensed under an approved Open Source license as listed by the Open
Source       *
* Initiative at http://opensource.org/licenses. The patent license
shall not apply      *
* to any other combinations which include this software. No hardware
perse is         *
* licensed hereunder.

    *
*

                           *
* DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND           *
* CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,INCLUDING,   *
* BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
         *
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE     *
* COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,         *
* INCIDENTAL,SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,      *
* BUT NOT LIMITED TO,PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;LOSS OF*
* USE, DATA,OR PROFITS;OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON  *
* ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
TORT          *
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE     *
* OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
          *
**************************************************************************

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Gertjan van Wingerde]

On 04/03/10 14:10, Luis Correia wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> here is an update, Ralink has released new firmware files, no need to
> go on 'ripping stuff out of code'.
> 
> ---
> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus series
> (RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890/RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790/RT3090)
> 
> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWTBNamsyTVRBNE1pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROakJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJMkM%3D
> ---
> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX USB series
> (RT2870/RT2770/RT3572/RT3070)
> 
> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWXpPRGs1T0Rnek5pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROekJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJeUM%3D
> ---

Thanks for checking Luis. So we can leave everything as it is right now, as there are
no different names for the firmware.

Now to convince the staging people that they have done the wrong thing by creating rt3070.bin, etc. :-(

---
Gertjan.

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Richard Farina]

Luis Correia wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is an update, Ralink has released new firmware files, no need to
> go on 'ripping stuff out of code'.
>
> ---
> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus series
> (RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890/RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790/RT3090)
>
> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWTBNamsyTVRBNE1pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROakJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJMkM%3D
> ---
> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX USB series
> (RT2870/RT2770/RT3572/RT3070)
>
> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWXpPRGs1T0Rnek5pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROekJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJeUM%3D
> ---
>
>   
Great, are these newer versions of the ones in linux-firmware.git? Can 
we get linux-firmware.git updated?

Thanks,
Rick Farina

> Copy of the provided license:
>
> *************************************************************************
> * Copyright (c) 2009, Ralink Technology Corporation All rights
> reserved.                       *
> *
>
>                          *
> * Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without
> modification,         *
> * are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>                               *
> *
>
>                          *
> * -Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
> following     *
> *   disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
> with the           *
> *   distribution.
>
>              *
> * -Neither the name of Ralink Technology Corporation nor the names of
> its                *
> *   suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> this              *
> *   software without specific prior written permission.
>                                            *
> * -No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this
> software is             *
> *   permitted.
>
>               *
> *
>
>                           *
> * Limited patent license. Ralink Technology Corporation grants a
> world-wide,            *
> * royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or
> hereafter owns             *
> * or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell
> ("Utilize")           *
> * this software, but solely to the extent that any such patent is
> necessary to               *
> * Utilize the software alone, or in combination with an operating
> system                      *
> * licensed under an approved Open Source license as listed by the Open
> Source       *
> * Initiative at http://opensource.org/licenses. The patent license
> shall not apply      *
> * to any other combinations which include this software. No hardware
> perse is         *
> * licensed hereunder.
>
>     *
> *
>
>                            *
> * DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND           *
> * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,INCLUDING,   *
> * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
>          *
> * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE     *
> * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,         *
> * INCIDENTAL,SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,      *
> * BUT NOT LIMITED TO,PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;LOSS OF*
> * USE, DATA,OR PROFITS;OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON  *
> * ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
> TORT          *
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Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Luis Correia]

Hi and sorry about the delay,

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 18:38, Richard Farina <sidhayn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Luis Correia wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> here is an update, Ralink has released new firmware files, no need to
>> go on 'ripping stuff out of code'.
>>
>> ---
>> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CardBus series
>>
>> (RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890/RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790/RT3090)
>>
>>
>> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWTBNamsyTVRBNE1pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROakJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJMkM%3D
>> ---
>> Firmware RT28XX/RT30XX USB series
>> (RT2870/RT2770/RT3572/RT3070)
>>
>>
>> http://www.ralinktech.com/license_us.php?n=2&p=1&t=U0wyRnpjMlYwY3k4eU1ERXdMekF6THpNeEwyUnZkMjVzYjJGa01UWXpPRGs1T0Rnek5pNTZhWEE5UFQxU1ZESTROekJmUm1seWJYZGhjbVZmVmpJeUM%3D
>> ---
>>
>>
>
> Great, are these newer versions of the ones in linux-firmware.git? Can we
> get linux-firmware.git updated?

To be completely honest, I have no idea of what's in linux-firmware.git .

We, the rt2x00 project, do not distribute firmware files with the
driver, it's up to the various distributions to deal with this.

> Thanks,
> Rick Farina

Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin

FW RT307x/RT309x

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

hi,

to make the RT307x and RT309x chips work, the drivers
rt2800usb and rt2800pci need to load rt307x.bin and
rt3090.bin respectively. 

FW is here:http://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb?p=linux-firmware.git;a=tree

-- 
«Allá muevan feroz guerra, ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra;
que yo aquí tengo por mío cuanto abarca el mar bravío, a quien nadie
impuso leyes. Y no hay playa, sea cualquiera, ni bandera de esplendor,
que no sienta mi derecho y dé pecho a mi valor.»

Re: [rt2x00-users] FW RT307x/RT309x

[Luis Correia]

Hi Xose

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 22:24, Xose Vazquez Perez
<xose.vazquez@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> to make the RT307x and RT309x chips work, the drivers
> rt2800usb and rt2800pci need to load rt307x.bin and
> rt3090.bin respectively.
>
> FW is here:http://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb?p=linux-firmware.git;a=tree
>

I'm sorry to be kinda annoying, but the firmware cannot be distributed
unless it is available directly from Ralink's website with a proper
license.

Therefore I kindly request that nothing should be done about this request.

I will personally contact Ralink and ask for the relevant firmware
files to be made available.


thank you,
Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin