[OE-core] [PATCH] linux-firmware: resolve linux-firmware and microcode-ctl file conflicts

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:14 PM
> To: 'Otavio Salvador'
> Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> Subject: RE: [OE-core] [PATCH] linux-firmware: resolve linux-firmware and microcode-ctl file conflicts
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: otavio.salvador at gmail.com [mailto:otavio.salvador at gmail.com] On
> > Behalf Of Otavio Salvador
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:12 PM
> > To: Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> > Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] linux-firmware: resolve linux-firmware
> > and microcode-ctl file conflicts
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:36 AM,  <jackie.huang at windriver.com> wrote:
> > > From: Yue Tao <yue.tao at windriver.com>
> > >
> > > Use alternatives mechanism to prevent linux-firmware and
> > > microcode-ctl bin files from causing conflicts.
> > >
> > > The error is :
> > >
> > > error: file /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin from install
> > > of linux-firmware conflicts with file from package
> > > microcode-ctl-firmware
> > >
> > > error: file /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin from
> > > install of linux-firmware conflicts with file from package
> > > microcode-ctl-firmware
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yue Tao <yue.tao at windriver.com>
> >
> > * The firmware should be split in a specific package, if possible (in
> > a separated patch)
> 
> Thanks for pointing this, I will re-work on it.
> 
> > * microcode-ctl-firmware does not exist here
> 
> Yes, I know, but we have it in our own layer.
> 
> > * microcode-ctl-firmware seems useless if you can rely on linux-firmware to provide the file.
> 
> Maybe, but someone may choose to use the one provided by microcode-ctl-firmware.

We have fixed this in microcode-ctl-firmware, so this patch is not needed.

Thanks,
Jackie

> 
> Thanks,
> Jackie
> 
> >
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