Bug#872600: [Pkg-raspi-maintainers] Bug#872600: RFP: open-rpi-firmware -- Open source VPU side bootloader for Raspberry Pi

[Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>]

FWIW, I think it doesn’t make sense to package this (or upload it,
rather) until we can run a headless Raspberry Pi system with it (i.e.
once DMA, Ethernet and USB work). I don’t expect tooling to be a big
issue.

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
>
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: pkg-raspi <pkg-raspi-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
>
> * Package name    : open-rpi-firmware
>   Version         : n/a, no tags in git
>   Upstream Author : Kristina Brooks
> * URL             : https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware
> * License         : BSD and GPL
>   Description     : Open source VPU side bootloader for Raspberry Pi
>
> This package contains firmware to boot the various Raspberry Pi boards.
>
> The free firmware is fairly early in its development process, but it
> would be useful to have it in Debian to ensure all the build tools
> needed are working and to allow those of us that prefer to run into free
> software on our units an option to boot our RPis. :)
>
> Not quite sure what the package name should be.  Suggested the
> <something>-firmware name to match the
> <URL: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/raspi3-firmware > name structure.
>
> --
> Happy hacking
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>
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-- 
Best regards,
Michael