[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] xr819-xradio: new package

Sergey Matyukevich geomatsi at gmail.com
Thu Jun 22 08:49:15 UTC 2017


> Yes, it's fine to point to the Armbian github. The only gotcha is how
> to do this without downloading the entire Github repository. I guess
> you will have to do something like this:
> 
> XR819_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 8b4a4ed16f7f9d12e59ff2f9ceba3cc335374dbe
> XR819_FIRMWARE_SITE = https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/$(XR819_FIRMWARE_VERSION)/bin/firmware-overlay/xr819
> XR819_FIRMWARE_SOURCE = fw_xr819.bin
> XR819_FIRMWARE_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS = boot_xr819.bin sdd_xr819.bin
> 
> and of course, add hashes for those files in the .hash file.
> 
> However, the bigger question is: what is the license of those firmware
> files? Are users at least allowed to redistribute them?

Thanks for the answers. I will check the licensing. If it is not
clear enough about redistribution, then I will not add xr819
firmware package. In this case I will just add a note to
board/orangepi/orangepi-zero/readme.txt explaining manual
firmware installation procedure.

Regards,
Sergey


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