[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux-firmware: bump version

Floris Bos bos at je-eigen-domein.nl
Fri Sep 16 18:11:17 UTC 2016


On 09/16/2016 07:54 PM, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 2016-09-15 17:16, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>
>> Committed, thanks.
>>
>> Will you send a patch to add BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BRCM_BCM43XX to
>> the rpi3 defconfig?
>
> Hi.
> Well, without some $WiFi package (hostapd, wpa_supplicant, 
> wireless-tools) just copying the firmware serves no purpose, though it 
> can be done for completeness.
> That being said, i lack a rpi3.

And unless that changed recently, just the .bin the patch added wouldn't 
be sufficient for Pi 3.
Also need: 
https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/blob/master/brcm80211/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.txt


Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos



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