Bug#1105145: ITP: linux-board-support-package-rb3gen2 -- Firmware for RB3Gen2

[Roger Shimizu <rosh@debian.org>]

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Dear Ben,

Thanks for your feedback!

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2025-05-12 at 01:02 -0700, Roger Shimizu wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Roger Shimizu <rosh@debian.org>
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, rosh@debian.org
> >
> > * Package name    : linux-board-support-package-rb3gen2
> >   Version         : 1.1
> >   Upstream Author : Linaro
> > * URL             :
> > https://artifacts.codelinaro.org/ui/native/qli-ci/flashable-binaries/ubuntu-fw
> > * License         : non-free
> >   Description     : Binary firmware for Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Gen2
> >
> >  This package contains the binary firmware for the QCS6490, which is the main
> >  SoC on the Robotics RB3 Gen2.
>
> Is there a reason this can't go into linux-firmware.git (and then into
> src:firmware-nonfree) like the firmware for similar Qualcomm SoCs?

linux-firmware.git are from upstream kernel, and I think only device
driver goes into it.
For linux-board-support-package-* packages, it includes such as blob
for bootloader, etc, which is not open sourced yet.
The main purpose for this ITP is to create the install media for Qualcomm SoC.
Except the install media, probably there's not much use for those blobs.

Cheers,
Roger