On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 21:38 +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > Even if we had a firmware implementation under a DFSG-compatible > license, inclusion in main would still pose a problem as we > cannot build it with the tools in main
I think if the source is available and it is DFSG free then it should be a candidate for the firmware-free package, which is in main and contains binary blobs + their source and instructions on how to build, without a requirement for all manner of toolstacks to actually be in main (a compromise based on things being firmware not run on the primary processor AIUI). I believe this Debian source package is derived from the parts of the kernel.org linux-firmware.git which have source, with the rest going into the firmware-nonfree package(s). > : there is no OpenRisc > support in mainline binutils and gcc and that will probably not > change in the forseeable future: > > https://people.debian.org/~mafm/posts/2015/20150421_about-the-debian- > gnulinux-port-for-openrisc-or1k/ Apart from the above, I think an openrisc cross compiler in Debian does not depend on there being a full Debian port available, there are cross compilers for various embedded platforms (even microcontrollers etc) which cannot possibly support a full distro. Support not being in mainline binutils/gcc might be a blocker, that would need to be discussed with the relevant package maintainers I suppose Ian. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
