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Bug#1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file

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Hi,

On Fri Oct 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM CEST, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:17:57 +0200 Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> wrote:
>> I tried if the following patch would fix it:
>> 
>> ```
>> diff --git a/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines b/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines
>> index 71a7ae3..86ca756 100644
>> --- a/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines
>> +++ b/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines
>> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ files:
>>   3com/typhoon.bin
>>   advansys/*
>>   amphion/vpu/*
>> - arm/mali/arch10.8/mali_csffw.bin
>> + arm/mali/*
>>   brcm/BCM-0a5c-6410.hcd
>>   brcm/BCM-0bb4-0306.hcd
>>   cadence/mhdp8546.bin
>> ```
>
> I tried this patch:
>
> --- a/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines
> +++ b/debian/config/misc-nonfree/defines
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ files:
>   3com/typhoon.bin
>   advansys/*
>   amphion/vpu/*
> - arm/mali/arch10.8/mali_csffw.bin
> + arm/mali/arch10.*/mali_csffw.bin
>   brcm/BCM-0a5c-6410.hcd
>   brcm/BCM-0bb4-0306.hcd
>   cadence/mhdp8546.bin
>
> And with that, the resulting package (built on salsa) has:
>
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.10/
> -rw-r--r-- root/root    282624 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.10/mali_csffw.bin
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.12/
> lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.12/mali_csffw.bin -> ../arch10.10/mali_csffw.bin
> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.8/
> lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 2025-10-15 16:02 ./usr/lib/firmware/arm/mali/arch10.8/mali_csffw.bin -> ../arch10.10/mali_csffw.bin

Thanks for that :-)
Because of that I realized my glob pattern was wrong. So I found which
pattern I should use and with that, all Arm Mali firmware was packaged.

I've attached the patch and submitted it as MR here:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/firmware-nonfree/-/merge_requests/132

Cheers,
  Diederik

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Bug#1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2025-10-16 15:30 +0200
  Bug#1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2025-10-17 23:20 +0200
    Bug#1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file "Diederik de Haas" <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2025-10-18 11:30 +0200
      Bug#1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2025-10-18 14:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships  Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-10-17 23:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships  Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-10-18 14:10 +0200
  Bug#1118195: marked as done (firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer  actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-11-02 15:40 +0100

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