Currently buildroot will create a broken system for any kernel version
not between 3.18 and 4.1, as the bnx2x firmware it includes is only
valid for that version of the upstream driver.
This change modifies the build so that all versions are included as there was a
strong preference for not adding options for each version, nor only supporting
the latest kernel:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> I think adding new config to chose between different versions of a
> given firmware is going a bit too far. If we were to do that for all
> firmwares in linux-firmware, it would really increase the number of
> Config.in options too much.
>
> Shall I suggest to install both versions of the firmware? The firmware
> files are not that large, and if filesystem size is really a strong
> issue, it is always possible to clean up the non-required firmware
> files in a post-build script.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> No, this is certainly not good, it fixes 4.2+ and simultaneously breaks 4.1-.
>
> What is wrong with Thomas's proposal to remove the unneeded versions in a
> post-build script? If your size is so important that 640K matters, you would
> probably anyway want to keep only one of the six binaries instead of three
> different chip revisions.
It is up to the user to ensure they remove the versions they don't want.
Note that this increases the size of the root file system by about 8MB.
Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
And copy firmware for BCM43430 and BCM43438, hence rpi3 wifi support at
last.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Bump to the latest (as of this writing) linux-firmware git version.
This adds support for newer iwlwifi firmware versions that are required
for newer kernel series.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
It probably makes no sense to try split them up by model since there
aren't that big.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Bump to the latest (as of this writing) linux-firmware git version.
This adds support for newer iwlwifi firmware versions and new chipset
support as well.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
It selects 7265 non-D firmware since they share the same firmware for
old kernel versions (rev 10 D-variant is the same as rev 10 non-D).
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
[Thomas: add a comment about the select in Config.in.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
This avoids a lot of unnecessary complication with lots of revison
knobs for different chipsets and it's consequence when bumping
linux-firmware as well.
Users can purge unwanted versions from a post processing script if
target space is too constrained.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
This commit will allow the LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES variable to contain
wildcards, which will simplify the handling of firmware that are
available in numerous revisions.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Existing blobs are of version ath9k-htc 1.3.1, see
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=21a6c3e55df956dd223279627685778268ede70f
These are as said in the commit are left for compatibility with older
kernels which [older kernels] will look for blobs in the
root of "/lib/firmware".
But there're newer v1.4 blobs in ath9k_htc folder.
And newer kernels (>=4.4) look first in that new location
"/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc".
Note that even new kernels will fall back to previous location
if new one doesn't exist.
Tested with TP-LINK TL-WN722N (has Atheros AR9271 inside).
Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: John Keeping <john@metanate.com>
Cc: Matt Weber <matt@thewebers.ws>
Cc: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Cc: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Acked-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
MT7601u is a MediaTek Wifi 802.11n dongle
(New chipset from the combined ralink/mediaTek company)
Signed-off-by: Matt Weber <matt@thewebers.ws>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
These files have been added upstream.
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@metanate.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Firmware blobs for Marvell WiFi-Ex 8797, 8887, 8897 were already
there in linux-firmware tree but relevant options were not in Config.in.
Signed-off-by: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
The wl18xx shares the same wlcore as the wl1271 and needs the
wl1271-nvs.bin file. Also, refactor some comments and list items.
Signed-off-by: Marc-Andre Chenier <mac@vrvana.com>
Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Tested-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Remove wl18xx-conf.bin as it was already removed from
upstream repository.
Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Sorry, I was not careful enough when reworking the radeon parts...
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: David BARBION <david.barbion@ext.leroymerlin.fr>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- simplify by copying the full directory
- fix title
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: David BARBION <david.barbion@ext.leroymerlin.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Add support for ath6k(l) driver firmware files (AR6002, AR6003 and
AR6004).
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Tweak the prompt, because Xceive is now part of Cresta, so the
new xc5000c-based devices might be branded under either name.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
New firmware to support iwlwifi-7265. Only comes in rev-8 or rev-9
flavours, so hide rev-7 when iwlwifi-7265 is selected.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
There is an upcoming new firmware file for a new chipset supported by
iwlwifi, as well as a new revision of the iwlwifi firmware.
The patch only prepares the iwlwifi entries so it is easier to add them.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
We introduce the new "Audio" firmware category for the firmware.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Fix prompt at the same time.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
wl18xx are a familly of WLAN + BT chipsets.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
linux-firmware has gained a few firmware files for Broadcom WiFi
chipsets. Installing all of them takes a lot of place, when usually only
one is really needed.
Split the Broadcom BRCM drivers in two categories: bcm43xx and bcm43xxx,
when they were previously a single config option, so as to reclaim a bit
of space.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Some updated firmwares files.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
This installs firmware files for the FullMAC series of Broadcom
WiFi devices.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
This bump brings in a new version of the iwlwifi firmware.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
AS reported by ovf on IRC, some of the firmwares we install are in fact
symlinks to some other files.
Install those files as well, and document the existing symlinks.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
The firmwares to use for iwlwifi 3160/7260 are different, depending on which
version of the Linux kernel is being used:
- rev. 7 is for linux 3.10 through 3.12 (both included)
- rev. 8 is for linux 3.13 onward
Add a config choice to select the appropriate version.
(See cset a0a6eeb in the linux-firmware repository for the details.)
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
