[oe] [PATCH] dfu-programmer: USB Device Firmware Upgrade utility (special atmel-version)
Stefan Schmidt
stefan at datenfreihafen.org
Thu Apr 8 11:09:14 UTC 2010
Hello.
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 11:32, Vitus Jensen wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 10:32, Vitus Jensen wrote:
> >> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Vitus Jensen wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Add recipes for version 0.5.2 and for the head of the SVN repository.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Vitus Jensen <vjensen at gmx.de>
> >>> ---
> >>> conf/checksums.ini | 4 ++++
> >>> recipes/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer_0.5.2.bb | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >>> recipes/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer_svn.bb | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>> create mode 100644 recipes/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer_0.5.2.bb
> >>> create mode 100644 recipes/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer_svn.bb
> >>
> >> I know that nowerdays the checksums are inside the recipe. But we
> >> are working on the stable/2009 branch were it isn't done this way
> >> (or not supported?). Please accept as is.
> >
> > This patch was targetted for the stable branch? If yes please indicate this in
> > the subject of the patch. You would need to get your patch into OE.dev first
> > before it can go into stable IIRC, but I leave it to the stable developers to
> > comment on this.
>
> Well, everything we do is done in the stable/2009 branch because we need
> the stability. We cherry-pick from .dev (which is getting harder because
> of the staging changes) and add new programs and machines. I would like
> to publish the changes but they have to be for .dev (policy) and mostly
> identically to what is used here (because I don't want to maintain 2
> images for the devices).
As I said, no hard feelings. But it likely that the versions in .dev and stable
will drift away rom each other anyway.
> > Having one patch for .dev with the checksum in the recipe and one for stable
> > with the sum in the ini file would also be fine I think. No hard feelings on
> > this though.
>
> Will try out checksums inside the recipe in the stable/2009 branch. I
> think the support for it is only depending on bitbake versions, right?
I would think it is a combination from bitbake and classes inside the OE tree,
but I can't tell for sure.
> > An updated patch for the AUTOREV issue is still needed.
>
> Well... the repository get updates every few months, mostly to support new
> chips. So the possibility is high that someone needs _svn.bb because of
> he wants to program a newer atmel and I don't feel like deciding which
> chip support to include or not. I've included it to make it simple to get
> the absolute newest programmer, for me 0.5.2 is enough.
Understoof. Sadly having AUTOREV set makes it hard for different people to have
a consistent build. Therefor we normally only enable it within local.conf
> Should I drop _svn.bb or use the head revision of today?
As you prefer. I'm not going to use dfu-programmer just giving some review on
your patch.
regards
Stefan Schmidt
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