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

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Thu Jan 23 10:42:26 UTC 2014


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
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> Otavio Salvador schreef op 22-01-14 15:36:
>> 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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> http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/65573/
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> I'll send an updated patch for xf86-video-ati after the above lands in oe-core.

Thanks a lot

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