1 2 DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY. 3 ====================================== 4 5This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old 6device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware(). 7 8As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean 9separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware 10here. 11 12This directory is _NOT_ for adding arbitrary new firmware images. The 13place to add those is the separate linux-firmware repository: 14 15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git 16 17That repository contains all these firmware images which have been 18extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which 19we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ 20been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. 21 22To submit firmware to that repository, please send either a git binary 23diff or preferably a git pull request to: 24 linux-firmware@kernel.org 25and also cc: to related mailing lists. 26 27Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly 28identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and 29that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's 30permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the 31WHENCE file. 32And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. 33 34Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone 35authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from 36within the company that owns the code). 37 38 39WARNING: 40======= 41 42Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or 43request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_. 44 45Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply. 46