[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx: install the VPU firmware into a valid location

Romain Naour romain.naour at gmail.com
Wed Jan 13 19:11:31 UTC 2021


Hi Fabio,

Le 13/01/2021 à 14:29, Fabio Estevam a écrit :
> Hi Romain,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:20 AM Romain Naour <romain.naour at smile.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Ok but it add a 60sec delay when we use the mainline kernel.
> 
> Yes, not a pleasant experience.
> 
> What if we copy the VPU firmware to both locations?
> 
> /lib/firmware/
> /lib/firmware/vpu/
> 
> This way mainline kernel will fetch the VPU firmware faster and NXP
> vendor can also work.
> 

I don't see any difference between NXP vendor and mainline kernel.

See:
https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/linux-imx/tree/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-common.c?h=imx_5.4.70_2.3.0#n2889

Can you check if there is any local change applied to your kernel or a specific
configuration ?

Best regards,
Romain



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