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- General copyright notice
- License info for firmware and tools
- Note about ITE datasheets being unavailable

Signed-off-by: Tim Crawford <tcrawford@system76.com>
2021-06-04 07:04:21 -06:00

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# System76 EC
System76 EC is a GPLv3 licensed embedded controller firmware for System76
laptops.
## Documentation
- [Supported embedded controllers](./doc/controllers.md)
- [Flashing firmware](./doc/flashing.md)
- [Debugging](./doc/debugging.md)
- [Creating a custom keyboard layout](./doc/keyboard-layout-customization.md)
- [Adding a new board](./doc/adding-a-new-board.md)
## Dependencies
Install dependencies using the provided script:
```
./scripts/deps.sh
```
If rustup was installed as part of this, then the correct `cargo` will not be
available in the running session. Start a new shell session or source the env
file to update `PATH`.
```
source $HOME/.cargo/env
```
## Releases
The EC firmware itself does not have tagged releases. Any commit of this repo
may be used as a part of a [System76 Open Firmware][firmware-open] release.
In official releases the EC shares the same version as the BIOS firmware. Run
the follow command from firmware-open to determine the corresponding EC commit
for a release.
```
git ls-tree <release_hash> ec
```
[firmware-open]: https://github.com/system76/firmware-open
## Legal
System76 EC is copyright System76 and contributors.
System76 EC firmware is made available under the terms of the GNU General
Public License, version 3. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.
- firmware: GPL-3.0-only
- ecflash: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- ecsim: MIT
- ectool: MIT
Datasheets for ITE embedded controllers cannot be shared outside of System76.