>> > Seems like there's not much that's left to be done for stock Fedora >> > to >> > boot on Raspberry Pi 2 successfully [1]. >> >> There's not much, I've >> >> > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308355 >> > >> > One bit that notably prevents us from spinning an image that would >> > boot >> > on RPi2 board solely from the Fedora packages is the VC4 firmware. >> >> Yes, it's one, there's a bunch of others, the kernel now should be >> mostly upstream, it's on my list (it's very long) to enable this and >> test it. > > Is there anything I could do to help with that? > >> We also need to be able to use u-boot so that we can do >> standard kernel upgrades/rollbacks as well as deal with the fact the >> firmware needs a VFAT partition without having to have the confusion >> and QA of twice the amount of images produced >> >> > It seems to have a license [2] that's not compatible with Fedora's >> > "Redistributable, no modification permitted" license for binary >> > firmware blobs: it seems to have a usage restriction: >> >> We spoke with the RPi foundation about this years ago to get some >> adjustments made for distro distribution, and then Legal and got the >> appropriate exceptions, then the board (as it was then) to get the >> approval there. Basically the work has been done already and firmware >> has been packaged in Fedora since last June [1]. >> >> [1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/bcm283x-firmware.git >> >> > > * This software may only be used for the purposes of developing >> > > for, >> > > running or using a Raspberry Pi device. >> > >> > [2] https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/LICENC >> > E.broadcom >> > >> > The way to go now seems to be to spin a remix with the firmware >> > added. >> > >> > Does it make sense to talk to Broadcom or Raspberry Pi >> > Foundation/Ltd >> > and asking them to lift the restriction? I doubt it would cause any >> > practical difference to them. Does anyone have a contact at >> > Broadcom or >> > Raspberry Pi I could talk to? >> >> We had those conversations well over 2 years ago long before the v2 >> was announced. > > This is excellent news! > > Please pardon my ignorance; last time I checked the package was not > there; but I surely haven't re-checked for a couple of months. Been there for 8 months or so: $ dnf list bcm283x-firmware Last metadata expiration check performed 2:50:44 ago on Mon Feb 15 14:38:22 2016. Available Packages bcm283x-firmware.armv7hl 20151219-1.1efc1ec.fc23 updates _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
