[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] wic: plugins: rawcopy: Add support to download the raw image from a http server

[Otavio Salvador]

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Kevin Hao <kexin.hao at windriver.com> wrote:
> Some firmwares are critical for the basic functions of the board, and may
> be used by the bootloader. Due to the license issue, we can't integrate
> it. But we do need it when creating a booting image by using WIC.
> So add the support for the WIC to download a raw file from http
> server and write it to a specific part. In order to restrict the
> downloading behaviour, we introduce a "WKS_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD" variable and
> only do the downloading when this variable is set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <kexin.hao at windriver.com>

This does not make much sense.

It does not allow to be downloaded? so build system can download it
and use it as a normal artifact. Adding another source way seems
controversial.

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