From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D5EC433E0 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) id 9412864E31; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oo1-f49.google.com (mail-oo1-f49.google.com [209.85.161.49]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D40464E4C for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:18:43 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0D40464E4C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=raspberrypi.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=phil@raspberrypi.com Received: by mail-oo1-f49.google.com with SMTP id d3so1082075ool.7 for ; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:18:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=raspberrypi.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=/2EwU4rgVKGwJ5bZvabgydfhXBfaWcCH1vU8fHKMt7w=; b=SH0e1wdEseVLy8YIJ0fMErEVfQ1Om0tg7LB0L5UTXqEVZhL1y5p/98GlynB5Le7F9O C9eF1pG6bLTF9HkS5glUwfgTvxlnB7ClRPIyFWOLwrbwKvIVXwkUvDPA2wHXIugavM3W EwcdNPDkTHdaIBJ2rOX/V+SAQJdBSrJfI+sGxR5Dsl+zPugTkAj1o+eqo0cR2KgwAt3U Ep3ld41hL/nMuCi2gJLBa9Fh27lcRRbsmyMEaQYza852b+x/RmR4n3FJp9vlSElWi44k L7PDIGYhNIz8IcupXYZdxbmtraFflMutcnQUIZYoP2zAYIXe0VGmM3SGn5MsQVxKerGq xBrg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/2EwU4rgVKGwJ5bZvabgydfhXBfaWcCH1vU8fHKMt7w=; b=ajlR2RITnEsIGYdK8halXDBFQ2NfAisH+6qCduAqgUA+w/dd1HMMexA3LEDqUVzS1p 2Dxt6bBDA4d+iW1YWDE70OfI01apgTqIdjzQo4+t0NAlFmxXpaDs0FXokzjqiQ60khdW 0a0F7K4JGb3kJgBfiyMfgPVzbdHsLIoyAJGsvmRSa4btGhSNRJVzwbOia2XkVL0YSdTk WyJ19noR3OPj6eDa2pepHXpqxrvM8yB8MiBEFgek3j71DQ9Nm+IHurXrS9SZPd58/zKx IDTMxNUrXOfyd2t6hM0esXCGBZREuCSPRoL2mw6LLpt5/6YrEgXhxk5OdTseDymLitD3 h67Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532P529iFr2sT3sdrHQ64zeyL/hzsljMjm/UeChe2I7eXA387f/a dUL4uWm9f+5e7MCSguOn6fPzDEEkV17ZF6wd/YVSrw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxNzZ+mEuPEmxRsx8ce1Oci1rygC35JqOhW94YSEl0L2K6Zkdua1QOJcOyECjYTyOheqABwu/QV/LyRjlJM1mk= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:c602:: with SMTP id l2mr3653892ooq.5.1612264723174; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 03:18:43 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210117074817.1721-1-alistair@alistair23.me> <20210117074817.1721-2-alistair@alistair23.me> <23ee29eb-12e2-16ac-3a6d-aca40a652459@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: From: Phil Elwell Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:18:33 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PULL 1/1] brcm: Add the brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files To: Arend Van Spriel List-Id: Cc: Josh Boyer , Alistair Francis , Alistair Francis , Linux Firmware , Franky Lin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 11:07, Arend Van Spriel wrote: > > + Phil Elwell > > On 2/1/2021 4:14 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:07 PM Arend van Spriel > > wrote: > >> > >> On 19-01-2021 17:47, Alistair Francis wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 3:55 AM Josh Boyer wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:05 PM Alistair Francis > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Add brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin, brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.clm_blob and > >>>>> brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.txt from the > >>>>> RaspberryPi debian package avaliable at: > >>>>> https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/f/firmware-nonfree/ > >>>> > >>>> I'm confused. Which package in there, and why is Debian carrying > >>>> firmware that isn't in the upstream linux-firmware tree? > >>> > >>> It's in the `firmware-brcm80211_20190114-1+rpt10_all.deb`. I'm not > >>> sure why it's there but not in linux-firmware. > >> > >> It is not provided by Debian, but by RPi foundation which provides it in > >> debian package. The URL kinda gives away why it is not in > >> linux-firmware: /firmware-nonfree/ > >> > >> Also if you dive into the .deb file it has a copyright notice (attached) > >> which differs from the license that we have in linux-firmware for > >> Broadcom/Cypress firmware files. > > > > Would it be possible for Broadcom to release the firmware themselves > > under a license permissible for linux-firmware? > > Hi Josh, > > Things get confusing for me, but it seems 43456 is a Synaptics chipset > (now). Yes, it's a Synaptics chipset. As I've said to Alistair, we haven't yet received a sensible licence file from Synaptics so I can't support this upstreaming effort. Phil