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

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Huang, Jie (Jackie)
<Jackie.Huang at windriver.com> wrote:
>> 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.

Well I think we ought to avoid duplication but it is your call as it
is in your layer. Anyway don't use error messages which point to your
company's data so don't cite it in the commit log.

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