Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alexandre Viard <x...@viard.dev>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : hexagonrpc
  Version         : 0.3.2
* URL             : https://gitlab.com/sdm670-mainline/hexagonrpc
* License         : GPL-3+
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : userspace daemon to communicate with QDSP over FastRPC

 This daemon is used to communicate with the Context Hub Runtime Environment, a
 program on the DSP that manages sensors, and to serve files to remote
 processor.
 .
 The daemon allow communicating with Qualcomm Digital Signal Processors with
 the FastRPC protocol. It provides a way to serve remote files to the DSPs and
 call functions to offload work to the DSPs

FAQ:

Q: Why is this relevant?
A: hexagonrpcd is required to support sensors on phones using Qualcomm
SoC. It is therefore an important ingedrient of porting Debian to many 
phone models.

Q: Does this depend on packages not yet in Debian?
A: No

Q: Do you use it?
A: Yes, I've started packaging it and use it everyday on my phone.

Q: Are there other packages that provide similar functionality?
A: No other packages brings supports for Qualcomm soc sensors

Q: How are you planning to maintain the package?
A: I plan to maintain it with the support of the DebianOnMobile team.

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