From 519da94776fc3160a2576da49a12afca191d19c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrei Gherzan Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:27:22 +0100 Subject: layer-contents.md: Update documentation * Raspberry Pi 3B+ support mentioned * Add info about linux-firmware-raspbian Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan --- docs/layer-contents.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/layer-contents.md b/docs/layer-contents.md index 223a3b0..0ba60f5 100644 --- a/docs/layer-contents.md +++ b/docs/layer-contents.md @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ * raspberrypi-cm (dummy alias for raspberrypi) * raspberrypi-cm3 (dummy alias for raspberrypi2) +Note: The raspberrypi3 machines include support for Raspberry Pi 3B+. + ## Images * rpi-test-image @@ -20,3 +22,13 @@ For other uses it's recommended to base images on `core-image-minimal` or `core-image-base` as appropriate. The old image names (`rpi-hwup-image` and `rpi-basic-image`) are deprecated. + +## WiFi firmware blobs + +Be aware that the WiFi firmwares for the supported boards are not provided by +`linux-firmware` but by a custom recipe which only packages the needed blobs +for these boards. This is because the upstream `linux-firmware` doesn't support +or has outdated files for the blobs we need. The recipe +`linux-firmware-raspbian` is based on a fork of `linux-firmware` which +includes everything we need in order to fully support the WiFi hardware. All +machines define `MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS` accordingly. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf