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Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices

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Hi!

Diederik de Haas dijo [Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:33:41PM +0100]:
> > Would they fit into a separate source package not associated with
> > raspi-config?
> 
> I do strongly think they do not belong in the raspi-firmware package for the 
> reason I retitled this bug and retitled my response Subject. Another reason is 
> that the raspi-firmware package makes (several) assumptions, namely that they 
> are only used/usable on RPi devices and have a /boot/firmware directory (where 
> a FAT partition is mounted, although that part is not checked for).
> I have previously expressed my concerns/doubts about that, but that's outside 
> the scope of this bug.
> It also looks 'weird' to install the raspi-firmware package while you only care 
> about the wifi firmware and not care about RPi's at all.

Right, I agree this should be a package of its own. I didn't know
raspi-nonfree came from a "coherent" set of firmware sources provided
by a single upstream. It is a distorsion that peopleinterested in
brcmfmac firmware have to install raspi-firmware if they have
different hardware.

> > The other option is that they get included upstream in
> > linux-firmware.git by upstream?
> 
> Gunnar knows I'm not much of a fan of Raspberry Pi Foundation (RPF) and that 
> was confirmed once again by their typical reaction to this exact request. 
> 
> I'm too 'lazy' to look it up, so I'll paraphrase it:
> "It works for us (so fsck off). Can't you just use our files?"

I doubt we will find true RPF fans here 😉

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Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> - 2021-11-11 20:40 +0100
  Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2022-04-10 01:00 +0200
    Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2022-11-10 11:50 +0100
      Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2022-12-05 20:10 +0100
        Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2023-01-31 19:30 +0100
          Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-01-31 22:40 +0100
            Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2023-02-02 04:30 +0100
              Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2023-02-04 22:20 +0100
                Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-02-04 23:00 +0100
                Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2023-02-05 16:30 +0100
                Bug#999485: firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2023-02-05 22:40 +0100
  Bug#999485: FYI Rich <rincebrain@gmail.com> - 2022-04-21 08:00 +0200
  Processed: Re:  firmware-brcm80211: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.*  files for wifi support in Raspberry p400 "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2022-12-05 20:10 +0100
  Bug#999485: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2023-05-08 12:00 +0200
  Bug#999485: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> - 2023-05-08 18:40 +0200

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