README

   1
   2         Linux firmware
   3         ==============
   4
   5   <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git>
   6
   7   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
   8
   9 This repository contains all these firmware images which have been
  10 extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which
  11 we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_
  12 been permitted to redistribute under separate cover.
  13
  14 To submit firmware to this repository, please send either a git binary
  15 diff or preferably a git pull request to:
  16       linux-firmware@kernel.org
  17 and also cc: to related mailing lists.
  18
  19 If your commit adds new firmware, it must update the WHENCE file to
  20 clearly state the license under which the firmware is available, and
  21 that it is redistributable. Being redistributable includes ensuring
  22 the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit
  23 patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device
  24 operation with the firmware. If the license is long and involved, it's
  25 permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the
  26 WHENCE file ('See LICENSE.foo for details.').
  27 And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself.
  28
  29 Run 'make check' to check that WHENCE is consistent with the
  30 repository contents.
  31
  32 Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone
  33 authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from
  34 within the company that owns the code).
  35
  36
  37 WARNING:
  38 =======
  39
  40 Don't send any "CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT" in your e-mail, patch or
  41 request. Otherwise your firmware _will never be accepted_.
  42
  43 Maintainers are really busy, so don't expect a prompt reply.