It is better to let chip vendors choose whether to donate HAL to ASF or host HAL on github.com/NuttX. The community prefers Host with ASF, but accepts with NuttX.
Thanks Xiang On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 9:29 AM Felipe Moura Oliveira <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Way back, Espressif introduced the esp-hal-3rdparty repository for NuttX, > and here we are today. A few weeks ago, Tiago mentioned that Espressif > would follow whatever direction the community suggested, but now they are > proposing a specific path. > > If we follow this approach, where does that leave us regarding other > vendors? My concern is that NuttX might become too tightly coupled with > Espressif. > > That said, I understand the points made and won't push this further. > > Best regards, > > > *--Felipe Moura de Oliveira* > Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/felipe-oliveira-75a651a0> > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2026 at 22:13 Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM Gregory Nutt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The last remaining question here is whether it is okay to Apache to > > > accept such donation. If yes then we can create > > > apache/nuttx-hal-espressif repo and work on it just as any other > > > apache/nuttx-* repo. I guess this hal needs to be a separate repo > > > because Espressif still want to have local clone for validation / > > > development. > > > > > > That is an option if and if the HAL is granted to the ASF. Otherwise, > > what you suggesting might be prohibited by the ASF. I would have to do > > more research to understand that fully. > > > > Yes exactly Tiago underlined that several times that they will > > "donate" their HAL to ASF so it becomes apache/nuttx-hal-espressif and > > the whole community is more involved.. this is very honorable step > > from Espressif and they again seem to pave the way for HAL integration > > in NuttX in the least painful possible way.. at the same time taking > > care of software supply chain :-) > > > > Most of the raised issues should be solved that way: > > 1. Code ownership and supply chain security. > > 2. Community involvement in faster PR processing. > > 3. We should have more control and impact on the HAL quality and > > availability. > > 4. HAL is under the NuttX umbrella just as proposed "Zephyr Umbrella > > Way" (also proposed by Renesas). > > > > I guess ASF should not have problem with accepting such aleady Apache > > 2.0 licensed code. Maybe only ICLAs should be obtained from all > > existing authors? > > > > -- > > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > > >
