On Mon, 2025-05-12 at 19:33 -0700, Roger Shimizu wrote: > [ update Dmitry's email ] > > Dear Ben, > > Thanks for your feedback! > > On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2025-05-12 at 01:02 -0700, Roger Shimizu wrote: > > > Package: wnpp > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Owner: Roger Shimizu <r...@debian.org> > > > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, r...@debian.org > > > > > > * Package name : linux-board-support-package-rb3gen2 > > > Version : 1.1 > > > Upstream Author : Linaro > > > * URL : > > > https://artifacts.codelinaro.org/ui/native/qli-ci/flashable-binaries/ubuntu-fw > > > * License : non-free > > > Description : Binary firmware for Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Gen2 > > > > > > This package contains the binary firmware for the QCS6490, which is the > > > main > > > SoC on the Robotics RB3 Gen2. > > > > Is there a reason this can't go into linux-firmware.git (and then into > > src:firmware-nonfree) like the firmware for similar Qualcomm SoCs? > > linux-firmware.git are from upstream kernel, and I think only device > driver goes into it.
linux-firmware.git is for device firmware that may be requested by drivers in upstream Linux. Several files in the above tarball seem to belong there. > For linux-board-support-package-* packages, it includes such as blob > for bootloader, etc, which is not open sourced yet. > The main purpose for this ITP is to create the install media for Qualcomm SoC. > Except the install media, probably there's not much use for those blobs. OK, so you should: - Make this package contain *only* the boot loader and other non-free blobs that run on the host, with a description that does not mention "firmware". - Submit the device firmware to linux-firmware.git, so it can go into firmware-nonfree. (Or preferably get someone at Qualcomm to do that.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.
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