Bugzilla Bug 52893

This EBuild installs firmware images and a configuration file from the
developer of the kernel module for atmel wlan cards.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Created an attachment (id=32601) [details]
sys-apps/atmel-firmware/atmel-firmware-1.0.ebuild

yes the firmware images are under GPL version 2 so that needs to be changed in
the ebuild might want to add this to the livecd so people with atmel cards can
use them to install (it can be done i have done it)

From the digging i've managed to do so far, it looks like the utility is
definitely GPLed, but the firmware images it's not so clear. Check out the info
debian has: http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/atmel-firmware

I'd prefer to add this along with a seperate license file for these, so as not
to run any risks.

Maybe try contacting Atmel about the license question?

Anybody working on this?

Created an attachment (id=42800) [details]
atmel firmware license

license for atmel firmware images

(From update of attachment 42800 [details])
images form atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net and the license is also hosted on
that page(http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/licence.txt) it is also in the
package

Created an attachment (id=42812) [details]
updated to new version and fixed parts of the ebuild

changed license to Atmel
added RDEPEND=">=net-wireless/wireless-tools-26-r1" to ensure user can
configure card after setup

might want to host the package on gentoo merror system because
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk can be slow and it is a residential so it may not
be up all the time

(From update of attachment 42812 [details])
updated to new version and fixed parts of the ebuild

I updated to hotplug-20040923, now /lib/firmware is named in
/etc/hotplug-firmware.agent instead of /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. I guess this
ebuild should be changed accordingly.

Is this driver better or the one in bug 10730?

Created an attachment (id=44899) [details]
atmel-firmware-1.1-r1

upgradded ebuild to work with newer versions of hotplug symlinked to old
directory to keep older versions of hotplug happy
to stefan it is a different dirver it uses the same firmware immages but it is
in the 2.6 kernel

no need to do revision bumps in not added packages, I would remove the -r
nevertheless when adding it

what do you think about
DEPEND, RDEPEND
shouldnt there be a pcmcia? (maybe using the pcmcia/usb(hotplug) use flag)
DEPEND is build time dep
RDEPEND is run time dep
Do you think it is set up in the right way?

einfo should be in pkg_postinst and in brackets ""

This should also solve the atmel-firmware ebuild in 10730, as it is the same,
right?
Do we not need the atmel-fwl perl script and compile the binary as in bug
10730?
We should also install the manpage for fwl.

Also the symlink stuff does not work for me, I get no symlinks.
I think we should use a for-loop and dosym every firmware.

I have tried to clean the 1.1-r1 ebuild, a bit. Now it has two use-flags
"pcmcia" and "usb". If the pcmcia use-flag is enabled, the atmel.conf is
installed in /etc/pcmcia. If the usb flag is enabled, the usb-only drivers are
installed.

Also the ebuild detects if the cardmgr is running and notifies it about the
configuration change.

As a simplification, the ebuild now depends on hotplug-20040923, which uses
/lib/firmware, so the symlinks are no longer needed.

Because of the dependency on hotplug, we do not need the firmware-upload
utilities.

Created an attachment (id=45973) [details]
Updated ebuild.

Created an attachment (id=47357) [details]
atmel-firmware-1.1.ebuild

Cleaned up ebuild

Thanks to all people, this ebuild is now in the tree.