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

Sébastien Szymanski sebastien.szymanski at armadeus.com
Fri Jun 19 13:43:44 UTC 2020


Hi Gary,

On 6/19/20 3:20 PM, Gary Bisson wrote:
> 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.

Yes, like it was done before my changes on all i.MX platforms but i.MX8.
SDMA firmware files are also installed for all platforms.

Regards,

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


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Sébastien Szymanski, Armadeus Systems
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