From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173021pub.verizon.net (vms173021pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.21]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7048DE00293 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [72.66.25.115]) by vms173021.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MBF00IO3X9ZSN91@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> for meta-ti@yoctoproject.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:03:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8828220173; Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:03:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:03:35 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: Gary Thomas Message-id: <20121005220335.GD27533@denix.org> References: <1349465081-10787-1-git-send-email-fcooper@ti.com> <506F2E82.8060906@mlbassoc.com> <6CF2DE49-0D65-4216-B374-805CE3754A17@ti.com> <506F57C5.7000400@mlbassoc.com> MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: <506F57C5.7000400@mlbassoc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: "meta-ti@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] wl12xx-firmware: Port wl12xx-firmware recipe X-BeenThere: meta-ti@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-ti layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:03:49 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 03:57:25PM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > On 2012-10-05 13:20, Cooper Jr., Franklin wrote: > >The custom git tree is wl12xx only not all the different components that linux-firmware provides. My understanding is that the team that works on wl12xx should be pushing it back to linux-firmware. But like I said this will contain the latest changes. > > I still don't think it should be separate. If the upstream (TI) stuff > isn't being properly tracked (there should be an effort to make this so), > just add a .bbappend that fixes things. I use these packages and I don't > want to have to track the "flavour of the week" to keep current. That would require extracting individual commits from the git tree and listing them in .bbappend. I would not personally mind that approach, but it may require extra work for the wireless team. We need to check with them... -- Denys > >On Oct 5, 2012, at 2:09 PM, "Enrico" wrote: > > > >>On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: > >>>On 2012-10-05 13:24, Franklin S. Cooper Jr wrote: > >>>> > >>>>* Port wl12xx-firmware recipe from arago. This recipe was originally > >>>> named linux-firmware in arago. > >>>>* Wl12xx-firmware provides the firmware files for use with the TI > >>>> Wi-Fi + Bluetooth module. > >>>> > >>>>Signed-off-by: Franklin S. Cooper Jr > >>> > >>> > >>>Why not just keep the main linux-firmware recipe up to date instead of > >>>duplicate > >>>functionality? > >> > >> > >>I made myself the same question at first, but the answer was there: > >> > >> > >>>>+# This recipe provides the latest firmware files for wl12xx. > >>>>+# Therefore, use the contents of this recipe instead of the contents > >>>>+# of linux-firmware-wl12xx. > >> > >>>>+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/TI-ECS/ti-utils.git;protocol=git" > >> > >> > >>Well one could ask why they are there and not in linux-firmware git > >>(not polemic, just curious). > >> > >>Enrico > >>_______________________________________________ > >>meta-ti mailing list > >>meta-ti@yoctoproject.org > >>https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-ti > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > meta-ti mailing list > meta-ti@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-ti >