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Why TF is the device tree in some patch from John Doe on IRC and not in an official download on the manufacturer's website?
by mike_hock 4y ago
Why TF is the device tree in some patch from John Doe on IRC and not in an official download on the manufacturer's website?
- auxym 4y agoPine's whole schtick is "cheap hardware with nice specs but zero software support". You can like it or not but they're pretty open about the business model.
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- tadfisher 4y agoThe device tree is in mainline. The patch is for enabling the HW video decoder, which is currently being reviewed for 5.19. The person on IRC just pointed to the patch.
- CounterPillow 4y agoHi, John Doe from IRC here. I made this account just to reply to you. The patch to the (already mainlined ages ago) device tree is not "on the manufacturer's website" because it is already on the Linux kernel's website. To which I linked. And it will be in Linux kernel 5.19. Unlike Broadcom's fruit-themed tax evasion scheme, we strive to mainline support for the devices, so that you do not need manufacturer specific patches and mainline Linux just works out of the box. The berries wrinkle their nose at this approach, as they'd rather use a proprietary boot chain with their own kernel fork and pre-made SD card images containing forks of Debian for maximum handholding. Meanwhile, I'll be content booting fully open and auditable firmware with mainline bootloaders, kernels and userlands. We all have our own priorities.
- mike_hock 4y agoFair enough, thanks for the clarification.