User:Stskeeps/Sandbox/Nokia Wishlist
This is a wishlist in accordance with Community_firmware_image_distribution
3rd party wishlist
The 3rd party determination has been done using https://garage.maemo.org/docman/view.php/106/354/maemopackages-20080725.ods. When a package name is mentioned and this package is a package containing links to files contained in initfs, the wish is for the actual files pointed to.
What is asked is the possibility to distribute firmware images (FIASCO images, jffs images, etc.) containing these 3rd party components from maemo.org to Nokia tablet users identified by their MAC address, in similar fashion to tablets-dev.nokia.com. What is also asked, is the ability to modify the Debian packaging (installation scripts and initialization scripts) of these packages if need be, to make it install and fit properly into the Mer system, but not to modify the actual closed source binaries or libraries.
| Useful for advanced similar experience as to Maemo 4 on tablets, could be downloaded from a Nokia package repository (MAC-locked) | Useful for basic similar experience as to Maemo 4 on tablets, could be downloaded from a Nokia package repository (MAC-locked) | Useful for basic similar experience as to Maemo 4 on tablets, should be part of firmware image as to function properly | Important for proper hardware interfacing for community firmware images |
| Files involved | Description | Reasoning | Response from Nokia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Package wlan-firmware and umac.ko from initfs | Firmware (and SoftMAC) for the Sputnik WLAN | Hardware interfacing for N8x0(W) (& 770): WiFi - is listed as Nokia-closed but is it? | ? |
| Package bt-firmware | Firmware for the Sputnik BT | Hardware interfacing for N8x0W: Bluetooth | ? |
| /mnt/initfs/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/brf6150fw.bin | Firmware for 770 bluetooth | Hardware interfacing for 770: Bluetooth | ? |
| Package osso-dsp-modules-rx-44 | DSP modules for OSSO Multimedia framework (RX-44 hardware) | Hardware interfacing for N8x0(W): DSP Sound and codecs, listed as Texas Instruments owned on Why_the_closed_packages | ? |
| Package gpsdriver | binary driver for GPS5300 gps chip | Hardware interfacing for N810(W): GPS driver, listed as nokia-closed but uncertain? | ? |
| Simpliwrite (art) | Handwriting recognition | Useful for similar experience to Maemo 4 on tablets (requires nokia-closed input method as well) | ? |
| Ezitext (zi) | Word completion for input method | Useful for similar experience to Maemo 4 on tablets (requires nokia-closed input method as well) | ? |
| Package gstreamer0.10-hantro | Codecs for GStreamer, optimized for the tablets | Useful for proper performance of video decoding on tablets, listed as Nokia-closed but is it? | ? |