From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@kernel.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com>,
"lpieralisi@kernel.org" <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
"kw@linux.com" <kw@linux.com>,
"robh@kernel.org" <robh@kernel.org>,
"bhelgaas@google.com" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
"krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org"
<krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
"conor+dt@kernel.org" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
"jingoohan1@gmail.com" <jingoohan1@gmail.com>,
"marek.vasut+renesas@gmail.com" <marek.vasut+renesas@gmail.com>,
"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add support for r8a779g0
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 14:41:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240516124135.GA11261@thinkpad> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l62l4ksr2rkxxi7kwatd3pfwmwv4ytfumhwkthjsurgla2prno@felahg5h5g7o>
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 10:59:39AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>
> > > This is because that Renesas is not able to distribute the firmware freely.
> > >
> >
> > Seriously? Are you saying that the user has to sign NDA to get this firmware?
>
> No, the user has to buy the SoC and will get the firmware with the
> documentation. Renesas is not allowed to distribute the firmware to
> non-users of the SoC. So, linux-firmware cannot be used, sadly. We all
> wish it would be different.
>
Okay. I think this could be _one_ of the exceptions we have in the kernel, but
I'll leave it up to Lorenzo/Krzysztof (PCIe controller maintainers) to make a
call.
- Mani
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-16 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-15 8:11 [PATCH v7 0/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add R-Car V4H support Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 1/7] dt-bindings: PCI: rcar-gen4-pci-host: Add R-Car V4H compatible Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 2/7] dt-bindings: PCI: rcar-gen4-pci-ep: " Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 3/7] PCI: dwc: Add PCIE_PORT_{FORCE,LANE_SKEW} macros Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 4/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add rcar_gen4_pcie_drvdata Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-05-11 7:27 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-05-13 9:20 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-05-15 7:56 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 5/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add .ltssm_enable() for other SoC support Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-05-11 7:38 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-05-14 11:08 ` Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 6/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add support for r8a779g0 Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:27 ` Niklas Cassel
2024-04-15 9:19 ` Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 12:24 ` Niklas Cassel
2024-05-11 8:02 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-05-14 11:27 ` Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-05-15 7:59 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-05-15 8:59 ` Wolfram Sang
2024-05-15 9:09 ` Wolfram Sang
2024-05-15 16:26 ` Niklas Cassel
2024-05-15 20:10 ` Wolfram Sang
2024-05-16 12:41 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam [this message]
2024-05-16 12:51 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2024-05-17 11:45 ` Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v7 7/7] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Document a policy about adding pci_device_id Yoshihiro Shimoda
2024-04-15 14:42 ` Frank Li
2024-05-17 10:33 ` [PATCH v7 0/7] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add R-Car V4H support Krzysztof Wilczyński
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