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While all the firmware below is open source, some of it uses read-only firmware embedded in ROM chips and some of the read-only firmware does not have freely licensed public source code. Some of the devices in this situation do not have enough RAM that they could completely avoid the read-only firmware in the ROM chips. The [[https://osfw.foundation/|Open-Source Firmware Foundation (OSFF)]] promotes open firmware. |
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| Project | Debian package | description | status | | [[https://www.coreboot.org/|coreboot]] | ITP DebianBug:381727 | open firmware for initialising computers from reset | | [[https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot|u-boot]] | DebianPackage:u-boot | open firmware for initialising computers from reset, used on ARM a lot | | [[https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware|rpi-open-firmware]] | | open firmware for initialising Raspberry Pi devices from reset | [[https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware/issues/37|stalled]] | |
|| '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://www.coreboot.org/|coreboot]] || RFP DebianBug:381727 || initialising computers from reset || || [[https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot|u-boot]] || DebianPackage:u-boot || initialising computers from reset, used on ARM a lot || || [[https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware|rpi-open-firmware]] || || initialising Raspberry Pi devices from reset || [[https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware/issues/37|was briefly stalled]], [[https://github.com/itszor/vc4-toolchain/issues/7|toolchain not upstreamed]] || || [[https://www.tianocore.org/|TianoCore]] || [[DebianPackage:src:edk2]] || UEFI || hardware support not packaged in Debian || |
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== WiFi == | == Embedded controllers == |
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| Project | Debian package | description | status | | [[http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/|OpenFWWF]] | | open firmware for Broadcom/AirForce chipset based WiFi devices | | [[https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|open-ath9k-htc-firmware]] | DebianPackage:firmware-ath9k-htc | open firmware for Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB based WiFi devices | | [[https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw|carl9170fw]] | DebianPackage:firmware-linux-free | open firmware for Atheros AR9170 based WiFi devices | not built from source in Debian | | [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151002084517/http://lekernel.net/prism54/freemac.html|Prism54 FreeMAC]] | open firmware for Conexant based WiFi devices | dead, the source code is not online any more and was not archived anywhere | |
|| '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/master/README.md|CrOS EC]] || || Chromebooks || || || [[https://github.com/crust-firmware/crust|crust]] || [[DebianPackage:crust-firmware]] || [[https://linux-sunxi.org/AR100|AR100]] OpenRISC EC in Allwinner SoCs || || [[https://github.com/intel/pse-fw|pse-fw]] || || Intel Programmable Services Engine ARM Cortex-M7 companion cores || == Keyboards == || '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://zmkfirmware.dev/|ZMK]] || || || || || [[https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware|QMK]] || || || || || [[https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard|TMK]] || || || || == Network == || '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://github.com/meklort/bcm5719-fw|bcm5719-fw]] || || BCM5719 firmware reimplementation || Requires LLVM/Clang fork to build || == Radio == || '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/|OpenFWWF]] || || Broadcom/AirForce chipset based WiFi devices || || [[https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware|open-ath9k-htc-firmware]] || DebianPackage:firmware-ath9k-htc || Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB based WiFi devices || requires binutils/GCC patches|| || [[https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw|carl9170fw]] || DebianPackage:firmware-linux-free || Atheros AR9170 based WiFi devices || not built from source in Debian; [[https://bugs.debian.org/980889|needs sh-elf toolchain]], no patches needed|| || [[https://perso.m-labs.hk/sb/prism54/freemac.html|Prism54 FreeMAC]] || || Conexant based WiFi devices || no longer developed, Subversion repository was lost, only a snapshot of the code remains || || [[http://osmocom.org/projects/baseband|OsmocomBB]] || || GSM devices || not suitable for end users, only researchers || |
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| Project | Debian package | description | status | | [[https://www.sofproject.org/|Sound Open Firmware]] | | open firmware for various Intel audio devices | |
|| '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://www.sofproject.org/|Sound Open Firmware]] || DebianPackage:firmware-sof-signed || various Intel audio devices || most devices that can run SOF require Intel signatures on the binaries ([[https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/2571|1]] [[https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/2888|2]] [[https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/1885|3]] [[https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/2200|4]] [[https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/5814|5]]) || |
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| Project | Debian package | description | status | | [[colorhug2-firmware|https://github.com/hughski/colorhug2-firmware]] | | open firmware for the ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware | |
|| '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://github.com/hughski/colorhug2-firmware|colorhug2-firmware]] || || ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware || Requires a proprietary toolchain to build || |
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| [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/|linux-firmware]] | DebianPackage:firmware-linux-free | misc firmware gathered by Linux developers | not built from source in Debian | | || '''Project''' || '''Debian package''' || '''Description''' || '''Comment''' || || [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/|linux-firmware]] || DebianPackage:firmware-linux-free || misc firmware gathered by Linux developers || not built from source in Debian || || [[https://github.com/djmuhlestein/fx2lib|fx2lib]] || || Cypress FX/FX2 code library || || || [[https://sigrok.org/wiki/Fx2lafw|fx2lafw]] || DebianPackage:sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw || Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers || [[EmbeddedCopies|embeds copy]] of fx2lib || ---- CategoryHardware |
There are number of open firmware projects, some of which are listed below.
While all the firmware below is open source, some of it uses read-only firmware embedded in ROM chips and some of the read-only firmware does not have freely licensed public source code. Some of the devices in this situation do not have enough RAM that they could completely avoid the read-only firmware in the ROM chips.
The Open-Source Firmware Foundation (OSFF) promotes open firmware.
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Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
RFP 381727 |
initialising computers from reset |
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initialising computers from reset, used on ARM a lot |
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initialising Raspberry Pi devices from reset |
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UEFI |
hardware support not packaged in Debian |
Embedded controllers
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Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
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Chromebooks |
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Intel Programmable Services Engine ARM Cortex-M7 companion cores |
Keyboards
Network
Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
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BCM5719 firmware reimplementation |
Requires LLVM/Clang fork to build |
Radio
Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
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Broadcom/AirForce chipset based WiFi devices |
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Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB based WiFi devices |
requires binutils/GCC patches |
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Atheros AR9170 based WiFi devices |
not built from source in Debian; needs sh-elf toolchain, no patches needed |
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Conexant based WiFi devices |
no longer developed, Subversion repository was lost, only a snapshot of the code remains |
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GSM devices |
not suitable for end users, only researchers |
Audio
Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
various Intel audio devices |
most devices that can run SOF require Intel signatures on the binaries (1 2 3 4 5) |
Visual
Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
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?ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware |
Requires a proprietary toolchain to build |
Misc
Project |
Debian package |
Description |
Comment |
misc firmware gathered by Linux developers |
not built from source in Debian |
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Cypress FX/FX2 code library |
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Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers |
embeds copy of fx2lib |