Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] package/adsp-ldr: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:00:43 +0000
Philip Molloy <philip@philipmolloy.com> wrote:

> ldr basically just generates a header describing data to be loaded and
> executed by the boot ROM. That data could be U-Boot SPL, U-Boot Proper,
> ATF, Linux, FreeRTOS or a baremetal application, for the ARM Cortex or
> ADI SHARC DSP cores.
> 
> I don't mind dropping it, but it is much more than just a U-Boot
> dependency. Perhaps more context in the Config.in.host description
> would help?

OK, fine for keeping a Config.in.host then. Thanks for the
clarifications.

> src/ldr/COPYING originally contained GPL v2. It was then moved to
> LICENSE in the project root. Then around 9/2022 LICENSE was updated to
> GPL v3.
> 
> I'm checking internally, but I assume at this point we'll change
> everything to GPL v2 in a new release. If so, then I'll just bump the
> version and update the package mk file accordingly in v2 of this
> series.

Sounds good.

> The git repo is at least 3 years old. The repo has been in use by the
> ADI Yocto layer since at least May, 2022.[1] All of the commits
> currently on main (which I recently merged without making any changes)
> have been in use since October, 2022.[2]

OK, so I guess we have to live with its odd organization. Fair enough :)

Thanks!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
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