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README.md: clarify platform applicability
Clarify the README.md text to emphasize that this repository and upstream release process is open to all vendors. Some of the examples are Intel specific and/or use e.g. Intel specific firmware paths as examples, as that is what is currently distributed. Signed-off-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen@linux.intel.com>
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## Notice on Platform Coverage
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While sof-bin repository is open to all vendors, in practise only
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binaries for Intel based systems have been distributed using this
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method so far. For pragmatic reasons, examples in this documentation
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use Intel binaries as examples as those are currently available.
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WARNING: starting with v2.2, older Intel products are not supported by
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the main SOF development branch anymore. To avoid duplication and
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confusion in this sof-bin git repository, older product generations are
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sudo ./install.sh
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The install script is intended for Linux systems where the Linux kernel
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will look up firmware binaries under /lib/firmware.
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## Install process with install.sh (sof-bin git tree)
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To run install from sof-bin git checkout:

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