Fwd: Sun Elite3D firmware (afb.ucode) binary blob redistribution

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Looks like we can finally have out of the box afb support:

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> From: Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith%Sun.COM@localhost>
> Date: December 21, 2009 6:54:11 PM EST
> To: x-packagers%lists.freedesktop.org@localhost, "X.Org Developers" <xorg-devel%lists.x.org@localhost 
> >
> Subject: Sun Elite3D firmware (afb.ucode) binary blob redistribution
>
> I know years ago several BSD & Linux distros were interested in this,
> and it's probably years too late now, but after getting pinged again
> this summer by OpenBSD developers, I was finally able to get  
> permission
> to allow afb.ucode redistribution as a binary blob under MIT License  
> terms.
>
> If anyone out there is still interested (these cards are getting old  
> now,
> having been sold from 1998 to 2002), the firmware is posted at:
>   http://dlc.sun.com/osol/sparc-gfx/downloads/afb-ucode.tar.bz2
> The license terms are spelled out in the README included in the  
> tarball.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not able to release the tools needed to build the
> firmware blob from sources, so while you can redistribute, you won't
> be able to bug fix.
>
> --
>         -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith%sun.com@localhost
>          Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
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