Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match current availability of firmware images
From: Anisse Astier
Date: Mon Jan 20 2025 - 15:20:16 EST
Hi Jithu,
On Thu, Jan 02, 2025 at 01:40:23PM -0800, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
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> On 1/2/2025 11:43 AM, Anisse Astier wrote:
> > I realize Intel had a few troubled years, and that having this feature
> > in the kernel must be quite helpful to some users. But right now, it
> > cannot be used unless one has a commercial relationship with Intel.
> >
> > I am not advocating for the removal of this driver; this is just an
> > update of the documentation to show that the publication of the firmware
> > images necessary to use the driver might have fallen through the cracks,
> > and might not happen soon.
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> Thanks for bringing this up ... apologies for the delay in making the images publicly available.
> We have reached out to internal teams to speed this up.
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> I will update the the documentation (or respond here) when I have more info
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> In the meantime, I am okay with updating the documentation to reflect the current state of image availability
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> Thanks
> Jithu
Did you get any update?
Do you think this doc patch could be queued for 6.14 or 6.15 ?
Kind regards,
Anisse