[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx: install sdma firmware for i.MX8M{, M, N}

Gary Bisson gary.bisson at boundarydevices.com
Fri Jun 19 13:20:43 UTC 2020


Hi Sebastien,

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 04:07:42PM +0200, Sébastien Szymanski wrote:
> Hi Fabio,
> 
> On 6/15/20 3:49 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > Hi Sébastien,
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:44 AM Sébastien Szymanski
> > <sebastien.szymanski at armadeus.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> -FIRMWARE_IMX_BLOBS = sdma vpu
> >> +FIRMWARE_IMX_BLOBS = sdma epdc
> > 
> > The commit log does not mention about removing the VPU firmware and
> > adding the EPDC one.
> > 
> > What is the reason for not installing the VPU firmware?
> > 
> 
> I use the FIRMWARE_IMX_BLOBS to list the firmwares that go into
> /lib/firmware/imx and also for patch 2.
> The VPU firmwares still get installed in
> FIRMWARE_IMX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS. I have added a cp command for that.

Yes, but now you are installing all VPU + epdc firmware files for all
platforms which is unnecessary.

Those should only be selected depending on the platform you are using,
exactly what you do for easrc.

Regards,
Gary


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