All,
Is there a reason why the firmware binary for the WiFi driver is not included into the kernel-firmware package? The reason I'm asking is that initially I thought there is a licensing issue, but I've checked the license and there are no issues there. Also the same license covers the following binary we are installing: === [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# ls -l /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 488193 Nov 20 2015 /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# rpm -qf /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin linux-firmware-20150904-43.git6ebf5d5.el7.noarch [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# ===
I'll try to update the linux-firmware repository [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree...] with the firmware for our chip, however, I guess it would be quite a long process, so I suggest to temporarily build a sub-package (say, linux-firmware-brcmfmac43430) out of our kernel SRPM, so users would get WiFi out of the box. What do you think?
On 22/05/16 15:48, (GalaxyMaster) wrote:
All,
Is there a reason why the firmware binary for the WiFi driver is not included into the kernel-firmware package? The reason I'm asking is that initially I thought there is a licensing issue, but I've checked the license and there are no issues there. Also the same license covers the following binary we are installing: === [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# ls -l /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 488193 Nov 20 2015 /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# rpm -qf /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin linux-firmware-20150904-43.git6ebf5d5.el7.noarch [root@centos-rpi3 ~]# ===
I'll try to update the linux-firmware repository [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree...] with the firmware for our chip, however, I guess it would be quite a long process, so I suggest to temporarily build a sub-package (say, linux-firmware-brcmfmac43430) out of our kernel SRPM, so users would get WiFi out of the box. What do you think?
So long story short : I was adviced to ask support from Legal dept about that specific broadcom firmware and I've been asked to wait for review. In the mean time we've just given the instructions for uses to do it themselves. In parallel we also have a .spec for a .rpm ready to to for that firmware
Fabian,
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Fabian Arrotin arrfab@centos.org wrote:
On 22/05/16 15:48, (GalaxyMaster) wrote: So long story short : I was adviced to ask support from Legal dept about that specific broadcom firmware and I've been asked to wait for review. In the mean time we've just given the instructions for uses to do it themselves. In parallel we also have a .spec for a .rpm ready to to for that firmware
Well, I approached it the other way around and asked Broadcom to push the firmware into the linux-firmware repository and got a response that it was just overlooked and will be pushed there soon. :)
On 24/05/16 04:48, (GalaxyMaster) wrote:
Fabian,
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Fabian Arrotin arrfab@centos.org wrote:
On 22/05/16 15:48, (GalaxyMaster) wrote: So long story short : I was adviced to ask support from Legal dept about that specific broadcom firmware and I've been asked to wait for review. In the mean time we've just given the instructions for uses to do it themselves. In parallel we also have a .spec for a .rpm ready to to for that firmware
Well, I approached it the other way around and asked Broadcom to push the firmware into the linux-firmware repository and got a response that it was just overlooked and will be pushed there soon. :)
Cool, so hopefullly it will make it "upstream" soon ...
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