CIS files are not software, and are Free.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/deblob-2.6.37 b/scripts/deblob-2.6.37
index c8ad15562..b0b7bcd3d 100755
--- a/scripts/deblob-2.6.37
+++ b/scripts/deblob-2.6.37
@@ -301,10 +301,11 @@ WHAT IS Linux-libre?\
   It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its name, and in 2008\
   it became a project maintained by FSF Latin America.\
 \
-  Although the Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach\
-  to cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute components\
-  that need to be removed with functionally equivalent Free ones, we\
+  The Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach to cleaning\
+  up Linux, making no effort to substitute components that need to be\
+  removed with functionally equivalent Free ones.  Nevertheless, we\
   encourage and support efforts towards doing so.\
+  http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:Devices_that_require_non-free_firmware\
 \
   Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that has just come out\
   of the the shower.  Although we like penguins, GNU is a much\
@@ -1231,24 +1232,28 @@ clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
 clean_kconfig drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCMCIA_SMC91C92'
 clean_mk CONFIG_PCMCIA_SMC91C92 drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile
 
-announce PCCARD - "PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support"
-reject_firmware drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
-clean_kconfig drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCCARD'
-clean_mk CONFIG_PCCARD drivers/pcmcia/Makefile
+# CIS files are not software.
+# announce PCCARD - "PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support"
+# reject_firmware drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+# clean_kconfig drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCCARD'
+# clean_mk CONFIG_PCCARD drivers/pcmcia/Makefile
 
 announce PCMCIA_3C574 - "3Com 3c574 PCMCIA support"
+# This is not software; it's Free, but GPLed without in-tree sources.
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/3CCFEM556.cis.ihex firmware/cis/3CCFEM556.cis
-clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
+# clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
 clean_kconfig drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCMCIA_3C574'
 clean_mk CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C574 drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile
 
 announce PCMCIA_3C589 - "3Com 3c589 PCMCIA support"
+# This is not software; it's Free, but GPLed without in-tree sources.
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/3CXEM556.cis.ihex firmware/cis/3CXEM556.cis
-clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
+# clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
 clean_kconfig drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCMCIA_3C589'
 clean_mk CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589 drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile
 
 announce PCMCIA_PCNET - "NE2000 compatible PCMCIA support"
+# These are not software; they're Free, but GPLed without in-tree sources.
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/LA-PCM.cis.ihex firmware/cis/LA-PCM.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/PCMLM28.cis.ihex firmware/cis/PCMLM28.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/DP83903.cis.ihex firmware/cis/DP83903.cis
@@ -1256,9 +1261,9 @@ drop_fw_file firmware/cis/NE2K.cis.ihex firmware/cis/NE2K.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/tamarack.cis.ihex firmware/cis/tamarack.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/PE-200.cis.ihex firmware/cis/PE-200.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/PE520.cis.ihex firmware/cis/PE520.cis
-clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
-clean_kconfig drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCMCIA_PCNET'
-clean_mk CONFIG_PCMCIA_PCNET drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile
+# clean_blob drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
+# clean_kconfig drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig 'PCMCIA_PCNET'
+# clean_mk CONFIG_PCMCIA_PCNET drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile
 
 # tokenring
 
@@ -1734,16 +1739,21 @@ clean_mk CONFIG_MISDN_SPEEDFAX drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/Makefile
 ##########
 
 announce SERIAL_8250_CS - "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
+# These are not software; they're Free, but GPLed without in-tree sources.
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/MT5634ZLX.cis.ihex firmware/cis/MT5634ZLX.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/RS-COM-2P.cis.ihex firmware/cis/RS-COM-2P.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/COMpad2.cis.ihex firmware/cis/COMpad2.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/COMpad4.cis.ihex firmware/cis/COMpad4.cis
+# These are not software; they're Free, but GPLed without textual sources.
+# It could be assumed that these binaries *are* sources, since they
+# can be trivially converted back to a textual form, without loss,
+# but we're better off safe than sorry, so remove them from our tree.
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/SW_555_SER.cis.ihex firmware/cis/SW_555_SER.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/SW_7xx_SER.cis.ihex firmware/cis/SW_7xx_SER.cis
 drop_fw_file firmware/cis/SW_8xx_SER.cis.ihex firmware/cis/SW_8xx_SER.cis
-clean_blob drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
-clean_kconfig drivers/serial/Kconfig 'SERIAL_8250_CS'
-clean_mk CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS drivers/serial/Makefile
+# clean_blob drivers/serial/serial_cs.c
+# clean_kconfig drivers/serial/Kconfig 'SERIAL_8250_CS'
+# clean_mk CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS drivers/serial/Makefile
 
 announce SERIAL_ICOM - "IBM Multiport Serial Adapter"
 reject_firmware drivers/serial/icom.c