From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:11:45 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] linux: install firmware to staging. In-Reply-To: <1373391595-19359-1-git-send-email-spenser@gillilanding.com> References: <1373391595-19359-1-git-send-email-spenser@gillilanding.com> Message-ID: <20130710091145.7b8529d1@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Spenser Gilliland, On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 12:39:54 -0500, Spenser Gilliland wrote: > Install firmware to staging when the hidden option > BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_FIRMWARE is selected. This allows parts of the > firmware provided by the linux kernel to be installed in the target. > > Signed-off-by: Spenser Gilliland > Cc: Peter Korsgaard > Cc: Yann E. Morin > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni As discussed on IRC, I'm not really happy with the idea that one package (linux) installs things in staging, and then another package (beagle-capes) takes what the linux package has installed in staging, and copies it to the target. Normally, it's the responsibility of a given to package to install its stuff to the final destination. Possibly with sub-options in this package to find out what should actually be installed. So normally, the situation you have should be solved with a Linux Kernel package sub-option to select the list of in-kernel firmwares to install. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com