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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Shall we put open source firmware source in XEN/IA6

To: "Zhang, Xing Z" <xing.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] Shall we put open source firmware source in XEN/IA64 tree
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:58:49 +0200
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>, xen-ia64-devel <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Quoting "Zhang, Xing Z" <xing.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Alex:
>       The open source firmware works fine now. Shall we put it in
> XEN/IA64 tree? So when people do clone, they also get firmware source. Then
> we can add a script in Makefile to build binary
> for people when they building source of XEN/IA64. This can make
> XEN/IA64 pure open source and convenient to user.
>
> Any advice?
I fear the sources are too big (almost the same size as Xen).
But we may put the binary in the tree.

BTW, did you get my comment to your last patch ?

Tristan.

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