#872600 RFP: open-rpi-firmware -- Open source VPU side bootloader for Raspberry Pi

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Petter Reinholdtsen
Date:
2024-05-15 06:30:05 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#872600#5
Date:
2017-08-19 05:18:24 UTC
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* Package name    : open-rpi-firmware
  Version         : n/a, no tags in git
  Upstream Author : Kristina Brooks
* URL             : https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware
* License         : BSD and GPL
  Description     : Open source VPU side bootloader for Raspberry Pi

This package contains firmware to boot the various Raspberry Pi boards.

The free firmware is fairly early in its development process, but it
would be useful to have it in Debian to ensure all the build tools
needed are working and to allow those of us that prefer to run into free
software on our units an option to boot our RPis. :)

Not quite sure what the package name should be.  Suggested the
<something>-firmware name to match the
<URL: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/raspi3-firmware > name structure.
#872600#10
Date:
2017-08-19 06:30:01 UTC
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FWIW, I think it doesn’t make sense to package this (or upload it,
rather) until we can run a headless Raspberry Pi system with it (i.e.
once DMA, Ethernet and USB work). I don’t expect tooling to be a big
issue.
#872600#15
Date:
2017-08-19 07:29:40 UTC
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[Michael Stapelberg]

I agree that it should definitely not go into the unstable->stable route
until it has more features, but believe it would be useful to start
packaging in a public git repo and perhaps even upload to experimental
to increase its visibility.
#872600#20
Date:
2024-05-15 06:31:40 UTC
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The original upstream project is resting, and the fork on
<URL: https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware > seem to be the
currently developed edition.