[oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] xf86-video-ati: recommend linux-firmware

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Wed Jan 22 14:36:31 UTC 2014


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> On 21 January 2014 19:32, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
>> Technically it won't work without, but it's possible to build the firmware into the kernel, so use RRECOMMENDS.
>
> A blanket recommendation like that seems like you should be splitting
> the relevant firmware into a separate package first.

Agreed; this helps to reduce the footprint increase from this change.

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