Re: [gNewSense-users] Removal of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24

[Eric Padman]

Hello all,

Brian, could you please set up a wiki page, perhaps similar to the KFV
ones, so we all could help verify the freedom of these modules.

I haven't done any KFV work before but I have started going through
these files and verifying their freedom by hand.

To start things off, attached is my freedom stats for
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/acore

As a summary, everything in this directory can be considered free if the
unlicenced parts are considered part of the kernel. The only thing of
note (maybe) is that
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/acore/misc_driver.c 
contains the functions to load any firmware.

Cheers,
Eric (MentalNotes)

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 21:50 +0100, Bruno Miguel wrote:
> From my understanding, the Linux kernel has the free drivers for some
> sound cards. So, a recompiled kernel with the needed free drivers
> active will be enough, right?
> 
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Eric Morey <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 21:38 +0200, Vicente Herrera Cobo wrote:
> >  > El mié, 07-05-2008 a las 15:15 -0400, Eric Morey escribió:
> >  > > How would one go about verifing that the file is free or non-free?
> >  >
> >  > 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/226646
> >  >
> >
> >  Maybe I'm in over my head here, but from that bug report I'm not sure
> >  how I can help.
> >
> >
> >  I understand why linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 was removed as noted by
> >  Brian Brazil: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00164
> >
> >
> >  Brian Brazilalso wrote:
> >  > > Well it looks like some free stuff got removed too, so until
> >
> > someone goes
> >  > > through the lot we won't know.
> >  > >
> >  > > Brian
> >
> >
> > > Marco later wrote:
> >  > 've download the source package and, looking in it at
> >  > ubuntu-hardy-lum/ubuntu-firmware, these are all non free
> >  >
> >  > marco
> >
> >  So where does this leave us? I'm trying to help to process along but, I
> >  feel like I'm going in circles tring to understand the situation and
> >  what I can do to fix it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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