Diff for "Firmware/Open"

Differences between revisions 8 and 15 (spanning 7 versions)

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.

Booting

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
coreboot	ITP 381727	initialising computers from reset
u-boot	u-boot	initialising computers from reset, used on ARM a lot
rpi-open-firmware		initialising Raspberry Pi devices from reset	stalled
TianoCore	src:edk2	UEFI	hardware support not packaged in Debian

Embedded controllers

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
CrOS EC		Chromebooks
crust		AR100 OpenRISC EC in Allwinner ?SoCs

Radio

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
OpenFWWF		Broadcom/AirForce chipset based WiFi devices
open-ath9k-htc-firmware	firmware-ath9k-htc	Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB based WiFi devices
carl9170fw	firmware-linux-free	Atheros AR9170 based WiFi devices	not built from source in Debian
Prism54 FreeMAC		Conexant based WiFi devices	no longer developed, Subversion repository was lost, only a snapshot of the code remains
OsmocomBB		GSM devices	not suitable for end users, only researchers

Audio

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
Sound Open Firmware		various Intel audio devices	most devices that can run SOF require Intel signatures on the binaries (1 2 3 4)

Visual

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
colorhug2-firmware		?ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware

Misc

Project	Debian package	Description	Comment
linux-firmware	firmware-linux-free	misc firmware gathered by Linux developers	not built from source in Debian
fx2lib		Cypress FX/FX2 code library
fx2lafw	sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw	Cypress FX2(LP) based logic analyzers	embeds copy of fx2lib

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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.
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-|| [[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]] ||
|| [[https://www.tianocore.org/|TianoCore]] || [[DebianPackage:src:edk2]] || open UEFI firmware || hardware support not packaged in Debian ||
+|| [[https://www.coreboot.org/|coreboot]] || ITP 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/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware|rpi-open-firmware]] || ||  initialising Raspberry Pi devices from reset || [[https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware/issues/37|stalled]] ||
|| [[https://www.tianocore.org/|TianoCore]] || [[DebianPackage:src:edk2]] || UEFI || hardware support not packaged in Debian ||
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-|| [[https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/master/README.md|CrOS EC]] || || EC firmware for Chromebooks || ||
|| [[https://github.com/crust-firmware/crust|crust]] || || firmware for the [[https://linux-sunxi.org/AR100|AR100]] OpenRISC EC in Allwinner SoCs ||  ||
+|| [[https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/master/README.md|CrOS EC]] || || Chromebooks || ||
|| [[https://github.com/crust-firmware/crust|crust]] || || [[https://linux-sunxi.org/AR100|AR100]] OpenRISC EC in Allwinner SoCs ||  ||
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-|| [[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://perso.m-labs.hk/sb/prism54/freemac.html|Prism54 FreeMAC]] || || open firmware for Conexant based WiFi devices || no longer developed, Subversion repository was lost, only a snapshot of the code remains ||
+|| [[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 ||
|| [[https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw|carl9170fw]] || DebianPackage:firmware-linux-free || Atheros AR9170 based WiFi devices || not built from source in Debian ||
|| [[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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-|| [[https://www.sofproject.org/|Sound Open Firmware]] || || open firmware for 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://www.sofproject.org/|Sound Open Firmware]] || || 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]]) ||
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-|| [[https://github.com/hughski/colorhug2-firmware|colorhug2-firmware]] || || open firmware for the ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware ||
+|| [[https://github.com/hughski/colorhug2-firmware|colorhug2-firmware]] || || ColorHug family of open display colorimeter hardware ||
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+|| [[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 ||