Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] package/nxp-bt-wifi-firmware: add IW610 USB support

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello,

Ah, here is your PATCH 2/2 :-)

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 03:08:39PM +0200, agennart wrote:
> The IW610 module is also available with a USB host interface, while the
> current package only supports its SDIO firmware.
> 
> Bump the firmware release to lf-6.18.20_2.0.0, which
> provides the FwImage_IW610_USB firmware, and add a dedicated
> BR2_PACKAGE_NXP_BT_WIFI_FIRMWARE_IW610_USB option.
> 
> The new release also moves firmware files out of the nxp/ directory
> and no longer provides 8801 or 8997 firmware. Update the installation
> paths, make the existing IW610 option explicitly SDIO, and retain legacy
> configuration handling for removed or renamed options.

Need a Signed-off-by line, and a From: line properly formatted.

But I'm concerned about firmware files having disappeared
entirely. What do we propose to the people who do have 8801 or 8997
devices? I mean NXP might decide they don't care about those people,
but those people might still have HW in the field that uses those
devices. Should we still support the old NXP firmware release to
provide an option to those people? Or are those firmware files dropped
because 8801 and 8897 were never sold on the market?

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
https://bootlin.com
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