LinuxLibre:SCSI QLA FC

Reference at LinuxLibre log

SCSI_QLA_FC - QLogic QLA2XXX Fibre Channel Support
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c: disabled non-Free firmware-loading machinery
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/Kconfig: removed firmware notes
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c: removed blobs

What is the purpose of the device?

8Gb/4Gb Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter

Who needs it?

Datacenters

How critical it is to get free support for it?

(Is it a very popular device that requires us to prioritize efforts?) Unknown.

What is(are) the processor architecture(s) of this device?

Unknown.

Who is working on a free firmware implementation?

Unknown. Probably nobody.

Links to online documentation

• Product description

What makes them non-free?

(describe clearly the specific reasons for it being considered non-free)

• Firmware source code is not available.

What else do we know about this device?

(any further info that might help the creation of free firmware for it)

http://blog.schmehl.info/Debian/about-non-free-firmware