Re: Adding firmware to FSD

[David Hedlund]

On 2021-10-09 14:03, Yuchen Pei wrote:

>       
>       David Hedlund <public@beloved.name> writes:
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>       
> > On 2021-10-01 20:09, Craig Topham wrote:
> >         
> > >           
> > >           On 9/24/21 3:51 AM, Yuchen Pei wrote:
> > >           
> > > > Hi,
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             Does it make sense to start a collection on free firmware?
> > > >             One can
> > > >             
> > > >             start by adding items appearing on say
> > > >             
> > > >             <https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware/Open> to the
> > > >             directory.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             If we add some info of firmware for hardware entries on
> > > >             h-node.org,
> > > >             
> > > >             then the two wikis can link to each other: hardware entries
> > > >             on h-node
> > > >             
> > > >             can link to firmware entries on FSD and vice versa. :)
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             What do you think?
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >           
> > >           I think this is a good idea. Having the two wikis interlinked
> > >           will bring
> > >           
> > >           more attention to both. I am not sure a new collection is
> > >           necessary (at
> > >           
> > >           this time). After looking at the current Collections, it seems
> > >           we need
> > >           
> > >           to do a little house cleaning (and hone the purpose of
> > >           collections)
> > >           
> > >           before we create more. If a specific h-node hardware runs on a
> > >           free
> > >           
> > >           firmware, then that firmware should be vetted, added to the
> > >           FSD, and
> > >           
> > >           linked from h-node with a link (in the description?) to h-node
> > >           from the
> > >           
> > >           FSD entry. Example:
> > >           <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Das_U-Boot>
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           Thoughts?
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           ~Craig
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           
> > >         
> >         To H-node:
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> >         
> >         "free driver used:*ath9k_htc*" -
> >         
> > https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/357/Atheros-Communications-Inc--AR9271-802-11n
> >         
> >         
> >         Could state this in addition: "Depends on non-Linux
> >         driver/firmware:
> >         
> >         [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/firmware-ath9k-htc ]
> >         
> >       
>

[https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/firmware-ath9k-htc firmware-ath9k-htc] or

[https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/firmware-atheros firmware-atheros]

I forgot to add the link text, sorry.

>       
>       Thanks for the links.  Shouldn't we use the
>       "open-ath9k-htc-firmware" name for the fsd firmware entry since
>       that is the name of the project appearing on its repo
>       <https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware>?
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>       
>

It seems that there are two packages available for the ath9k_htc is a Linux kernel driver (I linked to both above): "Firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the firmware-atheros package. Open firmware for this driver is also available in the firmware-ath9k-htc package starting from Buster. " - https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc

    https://packages.debian.org/source/stable/open-ath9k-htc-firmware is
    the source package used to build
    https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/firmware-ath9k-htc