[Suggestion] Include Bluetooth 5.0 firmware with RetroPie
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Greetings everyone. While installing the appropriate firmware for a Bluetooth 5.0 dongle is simple enough when you know where to get it from, I believe including the firmware with RetroPie would make it much more convenient to everyone who plans on using it. Thoughts?
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RetroPie doesn't need to distribute firmware files - these are included with the OS used by RetroPie (the Linux distribution). Which firmware did you have to install manually ?
If your dongle doesn't have a firmware included with the OS, ask for the inclusion in the upstream distro (Debian/Raspberry PI OS/Ubuntu/etc.). Note that not all firmware files are freely re-distributable - this may affect their inclusion in the upstream Linux distro.
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@mitu I got the firmware here:
https://github.com/Realtek-OpenSource/android_hardware_realtek
More specifically:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Realtek-OpenSource/android_hardware_realtek/rtk1395/bt/rtkbt/Firmware/BT/rtl8761b_fw
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Realtek-OpenSource/android_hardware_realtek/rtk1395/bt/rtkbt/Firmware/BT/rtl8761b_config
Can I ask you what exactly is a upstream distro? And which one is used by RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi 3? -
I got the firmware here:
https://github.com/Realtek-OpenSource/android_hardware_realtekYes, but which file exactly ?
Can I ask you what exactly is a upstream distro?
Is the Linux distribution on which RetroPie is installed.
And which one is used by RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi 3?
That's Raspberry PI OS.
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The firmware you want is in the
firmware-realtekpackage, but only in the next Debian version (bookworm), so it will be eventually included in Raspberry Pi OS. -
@mitu Oh okay. Thank you for your time mitu.
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