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 BC900FF8867 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:21:14 +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:References:From: To:Subject:Cc:Message-Id:Date:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Mime-Version:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=xqRqdqb9cql00b3xqlZ9Qf54W2TCp7JZjtSRq3okoys=; b=K0tvZ/cwiticlyKPNwyrvyTznu +xAxYxqn58xlP5BBlOYUtSNu9AgxjGRv4Scge3bqs78sKrIOkHkqV06wwrOTnohDvF5Mcm8CD6xO5 KsB5UlQ/9Z+e2gWy/VwnxctPbdDNuBMfYgXxp6yU2Vxf4vnAwTiH69TRM67tWmYFMbxorybEdyKmH B3/NjaUjmQjgLr0k8GGqRubWsNWwGr11+I+7fPe5n/Zi82EdO76zolFup9Eg5ABTkrijdqCSsR/v5 FSL4V4hGcyIssK//zant5hfTBAsBnV35Y1B4unTx6Sa5zzpkBvfsl099+JHjQW3KYsLvmBCSSrrCl T13BzChw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wI4qh-00000003exw-0AlV; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:21:07 +0000 Received: from vinatta.cz ([2a03:3b40:fe:428::1]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wI4qd-00000003ev6-3NKJ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:21:05 +0000 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=xqRqdqb9cql00b3xqlZ9Qf54W2TCp7JZjtSRq3okoys=; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=vinatta.cz; h=Subject:Subject:Sender:To:To:Cc:Cc:From:From:Date:Date:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Reply-To:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Message-Id:References:References:Autocrypt:Openpgp; i=@vinatta.cz; s=default; t=1777468828; v=1; x=1777900828; b=IyM+Dn02OPnovfHH7qNxVHpRW3lq/vYVi8gIZcW4AH7D2xne9s+wetiIl+wxpJE6OZFyTOkm RguW5ARTHy3psH4xEHq1wSvuu9pVbbBnDs7WkbnysjUgPn2Zn3tjG/vwTwPw6Jzk8QNkZajEwln bEnKo/NHeCiP3dxeqdMa/VD2iYAHYg6eNe9oGnLxh+poF0IoDqoQFGNVA00lFNXMxn6Ic/jt0CK fy6UDDHUSrkQHQ1sajzCK6X3Ek3xAf3QWRyeapcFtUvNGmSxGuNDfAOtcZFgdBCEUkHi/u1pIh5 7MIEt8s/hY14nWI79pi1zTXz57/0aOCSnp6eLVR7s/6cQ== Received: by vinatta.cz (envelope-sender ) with ESMTPS id 2b91500b; Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:20:28 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:20:28 +0200 Message-Id: Cc: "Brian Norris" , "Johannes Berg" , "Rob Herring" , "Krzysztof Kozlowski" , "Conor Dooley" , =?utf-8?q?Duje_Mihanovi=C4=87?= , "Andrew Lunn" , "Gregory Clement" , "Sebastian Hesselbarth" , "Ulf Hansson" , "Frank Li" , , , , , , <~postmarketos/upstreaming@lists.sr.ht>, , "Jeff Chen" , "Peng Fan" , Subject: Re: [DONOTAPPLY RFC PATCH v2 0/4] WiFi support for samsung,coreprimevelte To: "Francesco Dolcini" From: "Karel Balej" References: <20251026182602.26464-1-balejk@matfyz.cz> <20260429112232.GD17033@francesco-nb> In-Reply-To: <20260429112232.GD17033@francesco-nb> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260429_062104_298495_BAFBAEE2 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 14.26 ) 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 Hello, Francesco, 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. Likely it is the same as the other Marvell blobs already in linux-firmware (the mrvl directory), but we don't know for sure. 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]. > I read a couple of days ago that for example the firmwares for the > various Apple arm64 laptop cannot be redistributed and every single > individual that wants to use those needs to extract those from their > system. Are those blobs loaded by the mainline kernel? If so, it would be the same situation as I'm proposing here I believe. > All of that seems just a legal matter, and IANAL ... It is. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware= .git/about/#signed-off-by-requirement Karel