On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 03:19:01PM -0000, Jonathan Cave wrote: > Thanks for the info, I wasn't aware of what policy was for firmware.
It's the same as for the rest of the distro. > As far as I can tell this firmware is all non-free, for example it > appears to come from this repo https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware- > nonfree and be in a non-free package in debian: > https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-brcm80211. You would have to > let me know what constitutes upstream for linux-firmware. This is upstream: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux- firmware.git/ There are updates to brcmfmac firmware files since bionic, but I'm not sure which specific files raspi2 uses. > At this time I'm just investigating why we see regular failures on some > of our devices when attempting to connect to APs in our certification > lab, but haven't been able to identify any cause or solid reproduction > scenario as yet. Given I spotted this information I thought I would > raise it in case it was an omission. We've had repeated requests for raspi2 firmware files, but most of the time there isn't a clear license for distribution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828564 Title: Update brcmfmac43455-sdio for rpi3b+/a+ Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The firmware identified is used on Raspberry Pi devices that are reference devices for Ubuntu Core. The firmware currently carried in Bionic is quite old: brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Mar 1 2015 07:29:38 version 7.45.18 (r538002) FWID 01-6a2c8ad4 For comparison Raspbian has: brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Feb 27 2018 03:15:32 version 7.45.154 (r684107 CY) FWID 01-4fbe0b04 Could the newer firmware be made available in bionic updates? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1828564/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
