From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yh0-f53.google.com (mail-yh0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79106E0071D; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id q3so745913yhf.26 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LdJmR909Kv/pGOgWf94LUXqxDCD1zJS0RlkXYxrq9v8=; b=iWJeJqf4s1EyGqAda7p0kpU3XVGwc/OdkxAYG1jESdgLfOQFcQi24TaLmdWyXVfW2P 8T2fwFct6PB7eUyteCkoPXtnMJDX9dNG1q+S5aNv8ZOwWsSdMjuZA5lQ7ihAw+WXvGpa PfXlI318iJrkt5tJ707kj3yyhELz10M+YV7LQmExD0OSqaJYdUM5wZiO/jhIxCtt1tbW ugnb/gmkplwNM0b/uEyU0eZh8mDecCsO/cDIyapMn+SzyCj6RGUXjSAJdO9q009iglCC FDk6Zh2YAB9MAPQZefWi94gNIIdZKyNMF0HIDK1N0eHHyoYLl5YQHbMkPIKV/UhwYDcs /sXQ== X-Received: by 10.236.80.70 with SMTP id j46mr7460394yhe.152.1363060421687; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from goober.local ([75.76.228.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w2sm27740639yhh.7.2013.03.11.20.53.40 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <513EA6C3.2020609@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:53:39 -0500 From: John Weber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130216 Thunderbird/17.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Otavio Salvador References: <51375B7C.9010106@gmail.com> <20130306224808.6efe1351@e6520eb> <5137BB73.2050607@gmail.com> <20130306230451.228caae1@e6520eb> <5138BE79.7060106@gmail.com> <5138D360.2020000@gmail.com> <513A0558.6020703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" , "poky@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] Firmware loading X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion & patch submission for meta-yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:53:42 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bug is reported: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4013 On 3/8/13 11:36 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:35 PM, John Weber wrote: >> I could, but I think that these issues are probably resolved by using >> upstream sources, so I'm not sure if this is a bug for greater Yocto or not. >> Does it make sense to file a bug, even if it is closed just for >> informational purposes? > > We cannot; due GPU issues. So please report a bug about it. > >> I do think that this will be a problem for the following systems: >> - Using a version of udev > 176 (I suspect this, as that is when udev moved >> to an internal-only firmware loading capability, but I know it is a problem >> for 182) >> >> - Using a kernel < 3.7 (3.7 incorporated a filesystem firmware loading >> feature which bypasses udev) >> - Drivers loading their firmware in the module init stage (as the brcmfmac >> does) >> >> I'd like to create a recipe to at least get this working in Yocto/Poky >> master for this and submit it to meta-freescale that would do the following: >> - Patch the kernel to remove the staging drivers and add the >> net/wirelesss/brcm80211 backport >> - Fetch the firmware from a *remote repository* and load it into the >> kernel's firmware directory >> - Patch the defconfig to add the extra firmware to load into the kernel > > Read other reply please. > From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yh0-f53.google.com (mail-yh0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79106E0071D; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id q3so745913yhf.26 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LdJmR909Kv/pGOgWf94LUXqxDCD1zJS0RlkXYxrq9v8=; b=iWJeJqf4s1EyGqAda7p0kpU3XVGwc/OdkxAYG1jESdgLfOQFcQi24TaLmdWyXVfW2P 8T2fwFct6PB7eUyteCkoPXtnMJDX9dNG1q+S5aNv8ZOwWsSdMjuZA5lQ7ihAw+WXvGpa PfXlI318iJrkt5tJ707kj3yyhELz10M+YV7LQmExD0OSqaJYdUM5wZiO/jhIxCtt1tbW ugnb/gmkplwNM0b/uEyU0eZh8mDecCsO/cDIyapMn+SzyCj6RGUXjSAJdO9q009iglCC FDk6Zh2YAB9MAPQZefWi94gNIIdZKyNMF0HIDK1N0eHHyoYLl5YQHbMkPIKV/UhwYDcs /sXQ== X-Received: by 10.236.80.70 with SMTP id j46mr7460394yhe.152.1363060421687; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from goober.local ([75.76.228.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w2sm27740639yhh.7.2013.03.11.20.53.40 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <513EA6C3.2020609@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:53:39 -0500 From: John Weber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130216 Thunderbird/17.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Otavio Salvador References: <51375B7C.9010106@gmail.com> <20130306224808.6efe1351@e6520eb> <5137BB73.2050607@gmail.com> <20130306230451.228caae1@e6520eb> <5138BE79.7060106@gmail.com> <5138D360.2020000@gmail.com> <513A0558.6020703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" , "poky@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: Firmware loading X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:53:42 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bug is reported: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4013 On 3/8/13 11:36 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:35 PM, John Weber wrote: >> I could, but I think that these issues are probably resolved by using >> upstream sources, so I'm not sure if this is a bug for greater Yocto or not. >> Does it make sense to file a bug, even if it is closed just for >> informational purposes? > > We cannot; due GPU issues. So please report a bug about it. > >> I do think that this will be a problem for the following systems: >> - Using a version of udev > 176 (I suspect this, as that is when udev moved >> to an internal-only firmware loading capability, but I know it is a problem >> for 182) >> >> - Using a kernel < 3.7 (3.7 incorporated a filesystem firmware loading >> feature which bypasses udev) >> - Drivers loading their firmware in the module init stage (as the brcmfmac >> does) >> >> I'd like to create a recipe to at least get this working in Yocto/Poky >> master for this and submit it to meta-freescale that would do the following: >> - Patch the kernel to remove the staging drivers and add the >> net/wirelesss/brcm80211 backport >> - Fetch the firmware from a *remote repository* and load it into the >> kernel's firmware directory >> - Patch the defconfig to add the extra firmware to load into the kernel > > Read other reply please. >