xc2038/3028 firmware
Hi,
are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not included in the linux-firmware tree ?
The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!
Regards,
Frank
Hi Frank,
I specifically asked for and received permission from Xceive/CrestaTech to make the xc5000 firmware freely redistributable. They were unwilling to entertain that though for the xc2028/3028 as they considered it a long deprecated product.
In order to include firmware blobs in linux-firmware, there needs to be an actual license legally permitting redistribution - we don't have that for the 2028/3028.
In general CrestaTech have been extremely cooperative with the Linux community, especially in recent years. However in this case they just couldn't justify the effort to do the paperwork for a chip that they stopped shipping years ago.
Devin
Quoted 13 lines · Frank Schäfer
Hi,
are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not included in the linux-firmware tree ?
The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!Regards,
Frank
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Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com
Hi Devin,
Am 21.03.2014 18:38, schrieb Devin Heitmueller:
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Hi Frank,
I specifically asked for and received permission from Xceive/CrestaTech to make the xc5000 firmware freely redistributable. They were unwilling to entertain that though for the xc2028/3028 as they considered it a long deprecated product.
In order to include firmware blobs in linux-firmware, there needs to be an actual license legally permitting redistribution - we don't have that for the 2028/3028.
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In general CrestaTech have been extremely cooperative with the Linux community, especially in recent years. However in this case they just couldn't justify the effort to do the paperwork for a chip that they stopped shipping years ago.
Devin
Ok, so you've already asked them for a xc2028/3028 firmware redistribution permission, but (in opposition to the xc5000) they didn't grant it ?
Too bad. :-(
The xc2028/3028 is used in so many devices and playing manual firmware extraction games sucks.
A too big obstacle for many users (if they even find out that their device isn't working due to missing firmware)...
Regards,
Frank
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Quoted 13 lines · Frank Schäfer
Hi,
are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not included in the linux-firmware tree ?
The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!Regards,
Frank
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