Re: Distributing NXP i.MX 8 firmware blobs in Debian

[Frank Li <Frank.li@nxp.com>]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 03:57:47PM +0200, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote:
> Dear NXP team,
> 
> I'm writing you as a member of the Debian project. I am trying to add support
> for platforms like the NXP i.MX8MQ to the debian-installer disk images. These
> images need to (for example) contain the DDR training blobs which can be
> downloaded from
> https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/firmware-imx-8.24-fbe0a4c.bin
> 
> Unfortunately, the NXP Software License Agreement states:
> 
> > 2.3. [..] If expressly authorized in the
> > Software Content Register, subject to the terms and conditions of this
> > Agreement, NXP grants you a [...] license solely in connection with your
> > manufacturing and distribution of an Authorized System:
> > [...]
> > (b)	to copy and distribute as needed, solely in connection with an
> > Authorized System and for use in combination with a NXP Product,
> 
> My reading of that agreement is, that Debian is not permitted to redistribute
> these blobs. But this in turn means that our disk images will not work
> out-of-the box with NXP platforms that require these blobs to be loaded early
> during boot to function.
> 
> Could you assist me in connecting with the appropriate person who can help
> resolve this issue? Maybe there is a possibility for the Debian project to be
> allowed to distribute these blobs in its repositories?
> 

Forward to internal release management team. Hope they can help this.

Frank

> Thanks a lot in advance and have a nice weekend!
> 
> Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues