#946869 u-boot: please add support for Helios4 NAS

Package:
u-boot
Source:
u-boot
Submitter:
"Rob J. Epping"
Date:
2020-12-07 12:33:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#946869#5
Date:
2019-12-16 19:59:00 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Support for the Helios4 NAS is available in u-boot 2019.01+dfsg-1, which
is the version in buster.

The version I've cross-compiled with a modified debian/targets works
flawlessly with Debian installed sd-card images.

A line similar to this will enable Helios4 u-boot.
-->8--
armhf	mvebu		helios4		u-boot-spl.kwb
--8<--

THNX && GRTNX,
RobJE
#946869#10
Date:
2019-12-18 01:49:09 UTC
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To:
This target requires adding openssl to the Build-Depends, which triggers
issues with OpenSSL + GPL license compatibility issues.

See https://bugs.debian.org/928744 for more details on the issue.

I've brought up the issue upstream a few times over the years, as
several other targets are also blocked by this issue, and they'd be
happy to accept patches to switch away from openssl, but nobody has done
the work yet.


live well,
  vagrant
#946869#15
Date:
2020-12-07 12:30:00 UTC
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To:
Hi Vagrant,
this is no longer an issue. Debian FTP masters are now treating OpenSSL
as a system library, which makes it GPL-compatible, see the discussion at
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/10/msg00165.html (with confirmation
by Sean from the FTP team)

A number of other components in Debian have already switched back to
OpenSSL, e.g. MariaDB.

Cheers,
        Moritz