Bug#1021409: RFP: fw-ectool -- Framework laptop embedded controller tool

[Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : fw-ectool
  Version         : none
  Upstream Author : https://frame.work/
* URL             : https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/EmbeddedController
* License         : BSD-3 clause
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Framework laptop embedded controller tool

The fw-ectool binary provides users with ways of interacting with
the embedded controller in their laptop. This could mean something as
fancy as changing LED colors:

    ectool led left blue

or more critical as limiting charge percentages:

    ectool fwchargelimit 80

The actual repository above contains the *entire* embedded controller
source code, but the actual binary I'm interested in is only inside
the `util` directory. Apparently:

https://www.howett.net/posts/2021-12-framework-ec/#using-fw-ectool

... the way to get the binary is with:

    make utils

inside said repository.

I'm not sure we want to ship the entirety of this source code in
Debian, however, so I'm looking for advice on how to manage this. In
particular, I understand that the framework EC is based on the
Chromebook EC, so it's technically a fork. And therefore the ectool
here *could* be used (or not?) on a chromebook as well. I'm not sure.

Ideally, that tool would be split out in a different source repository
and could interoperate with different ECs out there, but this is not
the hand we have been given yet.

I am not aware of a similar tool in Debian, but would very welcome
other advice on this.

Thanks!