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== Orphaned Packages ==
== Orphaned Packages ==


* {{package|aic94xx-firmware}} - Adaptec SAS 44300, 48300, 58300 Sequencer Firmware for AIC94xx driver.
* {{package|aic94xx-firmware}} - Adaptec SAS 44300, 48300, 58300 Sequencer Firmware for AIC94xx driver. This particular driver was disabled in {{package|kernel}}.
* {{package|ar9170-firmware}} - for Atheros AR9170 wireless network adapters. Superseded by carl9170 available in {{package|linux-firmware}}.
* {{package|ar9170-firmware}} - for Atheros AR9170 wireless network adapters. Superseded by carl9170 available in {{package|linux-firmware}}.
* {{package|asterisk|asterisk-firmware}} - for the Digium S101I (IAXy). It was included into main package, {{package|asterisk}}.
* {{package|asterisk|asterisk-firmware}} - for the Digium S101I (IAXy). It was merged back into the main package, {{package|asterisk}}.
* {{package|cx18-firmware}} - for Conexant cx23418-based video capture devices. Merged into {{package|linux-firmware}}.
* {{package|cx18-firmware}} - for Conexant cx23418-based video capture devices. Merged into {{package|linux-firmware}}.
* {{package|netxen-firmware}} - for Conexant cx23418-based video capture devices. Merged into {{package|linux-firmware}}.
* {{package|netxen-firmware}} - for Conexant cx23418-based video capture devices. Merged into {{package|linux-firmware}}.

Latest revision as of 13:03, 19 July 2016

Fedora Firmware Special Interest Group

Mission

Goal: to get all legally available firmware needed to get devices to work packaged for / in Fedora so that a users devices which require firmware will just work

We aim to accomplish this goal through a variety of activities:

  • Creating packages of firmware
  • Contact manufacturers asking them under which conditions their firmware may be redistributed
  • Contact manufacturers requesting them to modify their firmware redistribution conditions, to make them Fedora compatible


Available firmware

Tools for loading/extracting/dealing with firmware

Firmware and related tools being packaged

  • arduino-rambo - RAMBo 3D printer electronics firmware for use with Arduino IDE.

Firmware currently missing from Fedora

Notice that this is just a list of firmware which we would like to see in Fedora, firmware in this list has NOT been checked yet for proper licensing.

Networking Devices

  • 3Com Bluetooth Wireless PC Card 3CRWB6096
  • Thomson SpeedTouch 330 USB
  • sil (for prism and prism_pci)

Multimedia Devices

  • AV7110 based DVB cards ( link )
  • OREN or51211 and 51132 demodulators ( link )
  • various USB TV devices ( link )
  • R5U87x based webcams ( link )

Orphaned Packages

Packagers/Reviewers/People interested

Packaging guidelines

In addition to the standard Packaging:Guidelines, it is important to realise that firmware does not need to be under a free software / oss license. As long as it may be freely redistributed without restrictions, it may be packaged.

List of firmware which we can NOT package

  • b43-firmware and b43legacy-firmware - Broadcom refuses to re-license them under redistributable license. Please, try b43-openfwwf first. Perhaps, you'll be fully satisfied with this drop-in replacement.
  • bluez-firmware - Bluetooth firmware distributed by the BlueZ project. We didn't get permissions from Broadcom to distribute them.

References