8 січня 2024 р. 21:03:09 GMT+02:00, Arend Van Spriel <aspriel@xxxxxxxxx> написав(-ла): >+ linux-bluetooth >+ Marcel > >On 1/8/2024 7:21 PM, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote: >> пн, 8 січ. 2024 р. о 19:59 Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> пише: >>> >>> On January 8, 2024 5:48:37 PM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> пн, 8 січ. 2024 р. о 17:43 Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> пише: >>>>> >>>>> On January 4, 2024 10:08:04 AM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> ср, 3 січ. 2024 р. о 20:20 Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> пише: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On January 3, 2024 6:28:33 PM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 3 січня 2024 р. 11:22:42 GMT+02:00, Arend Van Spriel >>>>>>>> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> написав(-ла): >>>>>>>>> On January 3, 2024 10:14:42 AM Arend Van Spriel >>>>>>>>> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> + linux-wireless >>>>>>>>>> + Hans de Goede >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On December 16, 2023 9:14:48 PM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> сб, 16 груд. 2023 р. о 21:57 Arend van Spriel >>>>>>>>>>> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> пише: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/16/2023 6:45 PM, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I am trying to submit bluetooth firmwares (BCM4329B1.*,*.hcd and >>>>>>>>>>>>> BCM4330B1.*,*.hcd) and wifi calibration files >>>>>>>>>>>>> (brcmfmac4329-sdio.*,*.txt and brcmfmac4329-sdio.*,*.txt) from a few >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 based devices into linux-fimware. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I have faced ambiguous license issue since those files were part of >>>>>>>>>>>>> Android Images of different vendors. Those vendors did not provide a >>>>>>>>>>>>> license nor for android images, not for these files. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Does this mean you extracted them from the android image? That probably >>>>>>>>> never get accepted without any license information. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can Broadcom re-grant license to these files? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This license is for bcm4329 in crespo >>>>>>>> <https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/crespo/+/refs/heads/main/self-extractors/broadcom/LICENSE> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Actually checked this link: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/crespo/+/refs/heads/main/proprietary-blobs.txt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It lists the bcm4329.hcd file as falling under Apache-2.0 license. Same for >>>>>>> asus/grouper. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Arend >>>>>> >>>>>> So this actually resolves ambiguity. Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Yes, but ... you should add them to linux-firmware under the same license. >>>>> That means you need to mark them as such in the WHENCE file. Feel free to >>>>> cc: me for the patch so I can have a look at it. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Arend >>>> >>>> Thank you for your assistance, it is really appreciated and valued but >>>> it was rejected >>>> >>>> https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/merge_requests/114 >>>> >>>> I have referred to our conversation. >>> >>> I see and it seems they were correct. My bad. Clearly should not try a >>> career as lawyer. >>> >>> I can try to publish them to linux-firmware, but I have to ask internally. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Arend >>> >> >> Thank you, looking forward to your answer. But keep in mind that >> generic firmware for bluetooth might not be an option. I have tried to >> shuffle them and bluetooth failed. > >Okay. I guess there is a naming scheme that btbcm.ko uses. Will look in the source file how it loads firmware/patch. Actually your merge request would also tell me. That involves a whole lot more firmware files than what we discussed earlier. > >Regards, >Arend Uh, yes, I am terribly sorry about that. I was looking for analogies with existing publishes of firmwares since bt firmware occurred to be not interchangeable. I have no hopes that any of them will be accepted, so if any passes then good.
