List of nonfree firmware in Linux 2.6.20

So the new kernel does have nonfree stuff in it. Hmm.. well.. this looks like something that deserves to be stickified.

This is a rather interesting list, it will come in useful. Thanks for compiling it a thing.

you've written:

drivers/atm/pca200e.data
drivers/atm/pca200e_ecd.data
drivers/atm/sba200e_ecd.data
drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h
drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h
drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
drivers/net/bnx2_fw2.h
drivers/net/tg3.c
drivers/net/tokenring/3c359_microcode.h
drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h
drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_mpr_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa18x_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qi_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qw_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19w_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xa_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xb_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28x_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49w_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49wlc_fw.h

all twice in your list.

I'm slightly lost at why drivers/scsi/ql1040_fw.h and drivers/scsi/ql12160_fw.h are listed as 'nondistributable' when they are under the GPL and it says in their header that they are freely distributable.

OK I've made a patch which removes the firmware a thing has listed, as well as revivent listings in the Kconfig files.

Changelog:

Removed Files:
drivers/atm/pca200e.data
drivers/atm/pca200e_ecd.data
drivers/atm/sba200e_ecd.data
drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h
drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h
drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
drivers/net/bnx2_fw2.h
drivers/net/tg3.c
drivers/net/tokenring/3c359_microcode.h
drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h
drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_mpr_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa18x_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qi_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19qw_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa19w_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xa_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28xb_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa28x_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49w_fw.h
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa49wlc_fw.h
drivers/scsi/ql1040_fw.h
drivers/scsi/ql12160_fw.h
drivers/net/qla3xxx.h
drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_dbg.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_dbg.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_def.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_fw.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_glbl.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_init.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_inline.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_iocb.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_mbx.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nvram.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nvram.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_version.h
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/Makefile
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/Kconfig

Removed Directories:
drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/

Updated files:
drivers/scsi/Kconfig
drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig
drivers/usb/misc/Kconfig
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig
drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig
drivers/atm/Kconfig

Download from here.

NOTE: This patch is untested and is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Good idea, but it's quite bloated with the original contents of firmware (which might not even be legal to put in that patch). Instead, it should be a shell script that just removes the firmware and uses sed (not a small patch, because then it'd require an archive) on the Kconfigs.

After that, it probably won't even need to be compressed.

Fixed.

Yes, that would be an improvement, I'll work on it if I have time.

I wrote a script for this now, I only know it works on linux-2.6.20, it is under the MIT licence and is available here