[OE-core] [RFC][PATCH] linux-firmware: update, merge in OE classic updates, fix packaging

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Mon Oct 10 12:22:15 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 04:27, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
> Op 10 okt. 2011, om 03:03 heeft Otavio Salvador het volgende geschreven:
>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 07:06, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
>>> Update: move to latest SRCREV, use non-kernel.org URI
>>> Merge: wl12xx symlink + packaging, install all firmwares
>>> Fix: * all entries in PACKAGES are in PROVIDES already
>>>     * A package always RPROVIDES itself
>>>     * A file can only get packaged *once* so only one rtlwifi package will get the license
>>
>> I dislike the idea of one single package with all firmwares. I prefer
>> to have many small packages but one meta that depends on it.
>
> I'm not going to make a patch to subpackage *all* the firmwares. If you can give me a list of the ones you use I'll make a patch to split those out.

Leave the ones that exist now and move the rest to ${PN}-others so
people can test using it and split from it  when need.

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