From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: Jean-Paul Etienne <fractalclone@gmail.com>
Cc: buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware: new package
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:01:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aq-ghf1VzxlgtHpn@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN7e4jpdCKT=e8SY75Cb7o4qiC5Jr0w8oj-OaMmAPCDGpW5Fyw@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,
On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 09:20:36PM +0200, Jean-Paul Etienne wrote:
> I've made an MR to linux-firmware and they've refused it because the
> vendor was not agreeable to distribute their firmware via
> linux-firmware. Their response in quote below.
>
> We can't accept BCM43456 firmware, the vendor is Synaptics and
> they have not agreed (and in fact a conversation I had with a VP
> of Wireless at the vendor refused), to redistribute their
> firmware through linux-firmware.
Meh, vendors. OK. But then maybe we need to find a better package name
that clarifies how this package is different from the other brcmfmac
firmware packages? I guess everybody is forking this everywhere to add
its own variant that contains board-specific tweaks?
Thomas
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 20:42 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Add support for ROCK-PI 4B board Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-17 20:42 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/rockchip-rkdeveloptool: new host package Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-17 20:42 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware: new package Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-18 7:28 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-09-18 11:08 ` Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-18 12:29 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-09-18 17:45 ` Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-19 19:20 ` Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-20 9:01 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot [this message]
2026-09-21 11:29 ` Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-10-07 11:11 ` Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-17 20:42 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] configs/rock4b_defconfig: add support for Radxa ROCK-PI 4B board Jean-Paul Etienne
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2026-09-17 19:17 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/rockchip-rkdeveloptool: new host package Jean-Paul Etienne
2026-09-17 19:17 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware: new package Jean-Paul Etienne
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