From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1E34CD1297 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=wbdghP89407ki72C54bZEEXFY2jq+D9w1Aq8ZiLnoZw=; b=DndsjKTlJoZ+e6kRCMCs/8YcnC 95KAUbgUWVKr/K+kYiiULUV4hzxLMl18fwrbHmc6TvxyKdT0aoGm0+JOgkiKD/hY+2n659Sr6oweQ qyNVM5bEgsV8FGKM7vhikBajZWkZYszvTSGe3P1EkXVFouCsE1Bakbx0W0cLpPWjXHgTIZSZtACJ0 9rXN1oDd9Ad6Wq0XCC1VJWLu5MPxlQz9LcRUUojUsr4og0MN4bTvKfzc6zvq0IS5DM2taZwdkeBtw lLBnAH5gw4E5wp5r2P47enzMofbR9XBOEQfzAbnHtmUhyesZQFNBLdQ4S83J2tF72R6nziITdqsyo ++kkEY2A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wI59I-00000003gra-2S3k; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:20 +0000 Received: from mail11.truemail.it ([217.194.8.81]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wI59F-00000003gom-1lXF for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:19 +0000 Received: from francesco-nb (93-49-2-63.ip317.fastwebnet.it [93.49.2.63]) by mail11.truemail.it (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A054F22BA3; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:40:14 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dolcini.it; s=default; t=1777470015; bh=wbdghP89407ki72C54bZEEXFY2jq+D9w1Aq8ZiLnoZw=; h=From:To:Subject; b=tAezjJF24BF4hg11VMQFul5zOsbu6N1rm0cj6pHYem2jSptlxX6CHhVV9lTNJvnU5 /0C9M5TyXuezBAZPtd6OYF5NgcNCmoQIimB5W6oVTanbpzAPfcdOVlMrad5D02Eokv eZ3rBhmRnqJLrbtrHLD0hXoVM5Eto+AlnIFVQxLNevkxhfz1B2edLbzo2kKwvPSqXv A4/Jf+0gf1vYElZBZy9E9m5PgcNIxEOIBluMP6SZFV44Rq/pHbj1ljvZcddF7Pf44J jNzTpLh0RlzHjl+IO8nhiJ/HcUEqAaO+ZgwVB2y8ezTL8whQ8S7ieVkksU+zQYfJUC gpTf7+FWWcnrg== Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:40:11 +0200 From: Francesco Dolcini To: Karel Balej Cc: Francesco Dolcini , Brian Norris , Johannes Berg , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Duje =?utf-8?Q?Mihanovi=C4=87?= , Andrew Lunn , Gregory Clement , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Ulf Hansson , Frank Li , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, ~postmarketos/upstreaming@lists.sr.ht, phone-devel@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Chen , Peng Fan , david@ixit.cz Subject: Re: [DONOTAPPLY RFC PATCH v2 0/4] WiFi support for samsung,coreprimevelte Message-ID: <20260429134011.GA73482@francesco-nb> References: <20251026182602.26464-1-balejk@matfyz.cz> <20260429112232.GD17033@francesco-nb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260429_064017_634175_C2F3AFEF X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 14.32 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 03:20:28PM +0200, Karel Balej wrote: > Francesco Dolcini, 2026-04-29T13:22:32+02:00: > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 12:55:23PM +0200, Karel Balej wrote: > >> without the firmware being in linux-firmware? > > > > What's the license of this firmware? Am I wrong saying that if > > the license allows it, you could just send a patch to have it integrated > > to the linux-firmware repository? Is there any history or documentation > > on the topic (please apologize if this is a well known topic, just > > answer RTFM if this is the case). > > that's one of the issues, the license is not specified explicitly > anywhere as far as I know. That's enough to be blocked. > As far as I know, even if I was to submit the firmware myself, it would > still require a sign-off from someone from NXP [1]. And this is clearly there to avoid situation that are problematic from a legal point of view. I do not see any way forward without NXP. Francesco > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/about/#signed-off-by-requirement