firmware/README.AddingFirmware

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