From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752549AbaHVXiy (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:38:54 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:51299 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752083AbaHVXix (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:38:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1408750718.4672.30.camel@deadeye.wl.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: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:38:38 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-oK1XEgdmXu4N/eRb5zzI" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.2-1+b1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 131.252.184.246 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 --=-oK1XEgdmXu4N/eRb5zzI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kyle McMartin recently 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 Lowery's Law: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway= . --=-oK1XEgdmXu4N/eRb5zzI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIVAwUAU/fUg+e/yOyVhhEJAQq7VxAAhD+LHZ1IQHfT67+/O5xfyAhFDjyV8Cl2 NihCojcdQJK+tzt6IT3k87rSgHyD/nORC+ZQf820LnpHFUsC7feXzgv78le8FHOZ UTctVaHJxzQ7/HyVpwHXz+x8U0iG8nYf6W4j1B+2vKEqWshLSZgjPDryugdweNqw QNpZI2LPL3JjFVcBvnTN/7YgpBXZC7CuXinWLRiz7BESjrYUWoEUzgxsWWeDJukr 0mhfnGl0idrYUjJwYVmdxJgXnWsrLQ+8kKv8DBOSnonhjoW9ajxQ//flzK5vOLLt 8lp9Wg6YwExgKteDMB7yVazzesAHq7G4iS49KkLcVEig7aF/62NtKF1+iyCAZatk pJhUF58x0GG54u6ySOOp26MtLy/etu26WZRE5jlyLFM8LpCy2/VyfHpzu3ZI75Ka 5QT5FbPYlcX7OYVpCG08Ns1/DUFV+seaPcdEryNySdcgE+ydOpR6zV6RtVztYjuu QfsM8cEB4TjQuSEMaR04b+dEMaYxSg6W35rq4Ts7372lB/KvDOgeTaCQG7/N/5/g 8cdsI1HVVggpbbkYljKqJo0j6w6rX8D/vpr84TzOZoZdQZIeF0HcmIOOrADxQ11a kIjMreO5BZ1lcKDfwXjXVqYG1qtUJ2rgnkBZdBh5AmGutuz30DESsPZkvL1KeSqX zil8y9OhWjs= =DdRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-oK1XEgdmXu4N/eRb5zzI--