brcm, cyw_bt: Add latest Cypress/Murata firmware
Hans de Goede
hdegoede at redhat.com
Fri Apr 20 10:09:37 PDT 2018
Hi Ryan,
On 04/20/2018 03:27 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin at linaro.org> wrote:
>> Murata has created a github project for the firmware for their 43xx
>> family of devices:
>>
>> https://github.com/murata-wireless
>>
>> This project contains firmware binaries for their WiFi and BT parts
>> containing the Cypress IP.
>>
>> The binary files are licensed under the same LICENCE.cypress as present
>> in this repo already. The NVRAM files are text and are licensed under
>> GPLv2.
>>
>> This series copies the binaries from the github project into
>> linux-firmware where other downstream projects may benefit.
>>
>> The following changes since commit b562d2f3583f19ecda22b08e514ced57dd1e5f4d:
>>
>> linux-firmware: update wil6210 firmware to 5.2.0.18 (2018-04-16 09:55:50 -0400)
>>
>> are available in the git repository at:
>>
>> https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/mbl/linux-firmware.git rmh-murata-update
>>
>> for you to fetch changes up to 53bd09779d9b378316a2b81ec55f4b20033d4542:
>>
>> cyw_bt: add Cypress 43xx Bluetooth patch files (2018-04-18 14:05:28 +0100)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ryan Harkin (3):
>> brcm: update firmware from Murata repo
>> brcm: add fmac nvram files
>> cyw_bt: add Cypress 43xx Bluetooth patch files
>
> I'm looping in Hans, who was discussing this with me the other day.
> He had some concerns that I'll let him express better than I can.
Thanks,
So my concerns are 2 fold:
1) Practical:
The brcmfmac4*-sdio.txt and brcmfmac4*-pci.txt files are nvram
files (which replace having an actual eeprom on the board)
are board specific, I've been discussing with upstream to modify
the driver to load these nvram files using a board specific name.
This never got very far because I never got permission to
redistribute the nvram files for the board which I have, see
point 2 below.
I believe that at a minimum these patches should be modified
to drop the .txt files for now until we've added a mechanism
for the driver to load a board specific version (using DMI
strings on x86 and info from DT on ARM) and then they should
be upstreamed under the board-specific filename.
2) Licensing
I've been in contact with Arend Van Spriel from Broadcom about
permission to redistribute nvram files and the files now being
licensed under the GPL contradicts with what I've been told.
This time around the matching actual firmware files are being
released under the Cypress license, which suggest ownership
of the wifi firmware has been passed to Cypress. So maybe
Cypress is ok with this, but we should double check that.
Also I'm not sure if that Cypress now owning the wifi
firmware copyright is true for all wifi controller models for
which these patches contain updated firmware versions...
I've also added Chi-Hsien Lin from Cypress to the Cc.
Arend and Chi-Hsien can you clarify the licensing situation
here, is it correct that the wifi and bluetooth firmware
files offered by Murata here:
https://github.com/murata-wireless
Fall under the Cypress license and that the nvram files
offered there may be distributed under the GPL?
Regards,
Hans
>
> josh
>
>>
>> WHENCE | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> brcm/README_NVRAM | 16 ++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.1LV.txt | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.bin | Bin 0 -> 210254 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.clm_blob | Bin 0 -> 7697 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.1BW.txt | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin | Bin 402210 -> 400864 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.SN8000.txt | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.bin | Bin 219557 -> 201276 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.1CK.txt | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.ZP.txt | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.bin | Bin 562183 -> 565481 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.1DX.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.1LN.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin | Bin 369577 -> 388739 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1HK.txt | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1LC.txt | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1MW.txt | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin | Bin 488193 -> 594969 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob | Bin 0 -> 11913 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac4354-sdio.1BB.txt | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac4354-sdio.bin | Bin 626589 -> 605388 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac4354-sdio.txt | 1 +
>> brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.1CX.txt | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin | Bin 661999 -> 648770 bytes
>> brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt | 1 +
>> cyw_bt/CYW43012C0.1LV.hcd | Bin 0 -> 28063 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW43341B0.1BW.hcd | Bin 0 -> 40984 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW4335C0.ZP.hcd | Bin 0 -> 33465 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.1dB_Less.hcd | Bin 0 -> 35322 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.2dB_Less.hcd | Bin 0 -> 35322 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.hcd | Bin 0 -> 14265 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW4345C0.1MW.hcd | Bin 0 -> 55105 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW4350C0.1BB.hcd | Bin 0 -> 78697 bytes
>> cyw_bt/CYW4354A2.1CX.hcd | Bin 0 -> 31178 bytes
>> 41 files changed, 1211 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 brcm/README_NVRAM
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.1LV.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.bin
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.clm_blob
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43012-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.1BW.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.SN8000.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.1CK.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.ZP.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.1DX.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.1LN.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1HK.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1LC.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.1MW.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac4354-sdio.1BB.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac4354-sdio.txt
>> create mode 100644 brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.1CX.txt
>> create mode 120000 brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.txt
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW43012C0.1LV.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW43341B0.1BW.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW4335C0.ZP.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.1dB_Less.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.2dB_Less.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW43430A1.1DX.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW4345C0.1MW.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW4350C0.1BB.hcd
>> create mode 100644 cyw_bt/CYW4354A2.1CX.hcd
>>
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