On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:38 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 07.04.2020 13:08, Thierry Reding пишет: > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 10:41:10PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: > >> Enable several drivers for hardware that is found on Nexus 7 and Acer A500 > >> tablet devices. Please note that some drivers may require firmware files > >> extracted from original Android image. > >> > >> Link: https://github.com/digetx/linux-firmware > > > > What's the license for these files? > > It's either GPL (like touchscreen config) or something else > redistributeable. > > > Can they be made available through the official linux-firmware repository? > > Yes, but I don't know yet for sure whether it's really needed for all > firmware files. > > For example, the T30 Broadcom WiFi doesn't work using stock > linux-firmware, it's on my to-do list to try to figure out why. I've encountered the same issue on the Ouya, only the original firmware that came with it will work with the chip. (AW-NH660) I wonder if it's an azurewave quirk. I've also noticed the Ouya specific configuration txt file seems a lot more involved than the standard brcm configs. > > While Bluetooth FW seems to be reusable be many different devices, > although (AFAIK) nobody cared to upstream it to the linux-firmware.
