[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/nxp: new package directory

[Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 09:57:37AM -0400, Francois Gervais wrote:
> From: Changming Huang <jerry.huang@nxp.com>
> 
> The "nxp" directory is intended to contain all NXP
> QorIQ (including PowerPC and LayerScape serial) related packages,
> together with their download site and version info.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changming Huang <jerry.huang@nxp.com>
> Signed-off-by: Francois Gervais <fgervais@distech-controls.com>
> ---
>  package/Config.in     |  1 +
>  package/nxp/Config.in |  4 ++++
>  package/nxp/helper.mk | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 package/nxp/Config.in
>  create mode 100644 package/nxp/helper.mk
> 
> diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
> index aafaa312a1..c93c7452ec 100644
> --- a/package/Config.in
> +++ b/package/Config.in
> @@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ endmenu
>  	source "package/nvidia-driver/Config.in"
>  	source "package/nvidia-tegra23/Config.in"
>  	source "package/nvme/Config.in"
> +	source "package/nxp/Config.in"
>  	source "package/ofono/Config.in"
>  	source "package/on2-8170-modules/Config.in"
>  	source "package/open2300/Config.in"
> diff --git a/package/nxp/Config.in b/package/nxp/Config.in
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..575542c7ab
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/nxp/Config.in
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +menu "NXP QorIQ libraries"
> +	depends on BR2_aarch64 || BR2_arm || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc
> +
> +endmenu
> diff --git a/package/nxp/helper.mk b/package/nxp/helper.mk
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..79e4236249
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/nxp/helper.mk
> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> +################################################################################
> +#
> +# helper
> +#
> +################################################################################
> +
> +# Helper for self-extracting binaries distributed by NXP.
> +#
> +# The --force option makes sure it doesn't fail if the source
> +# directory already exists. The --auto-accept skips the license check,
> +# as it is not needed in Buildroot because we have legal-info. Since
> +# there's a EULA in the binary file, we extract it in this macro, and
> +# it should therefore be added to the LICENSE_FILES variable of
> +# packages using this macro. Also, remember to set REDISTRIBUTE to
> +# "NO". Indeed, this is a legal minefield: the EULA specifies that the
> +# Board Support Package includes software and hardware (sic!) for
> +# which a separate license is needed...
> +#
> +# $(1): full path to the archive file
> +#
> +define NXP_EXTRACT_HELPER
> +	awk 'BEGIN      { start = 0; } \
> +	     /^EOEULA/  { start = 0; } \
> +	                { if (start) print; } \
> +	     /<<EOEULA/ { start = 1; }' \
> +	    $(1) > $(@D)/EULA
> +	cd $(@D) && sh $(1) --force --auto-accept
> +	find $(@D)/$(basename $(notdir $(1))) -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec mv {} $(@D) \;
> +	rmdir $(@D)/$(basename $(notdir $(1)))
> +endef
> +
> +include $(sort $(wildcard package/nxp/*/*.mk))

This looks like a copy/paste of package/freescale-imx/freescale-imx.mk,
maybe it is time to move the latter to a common "nxp" folder so that
new QorIQ/i.MX packages share the same macros.
Any thoughts?

Note that latest NXP release (LF) are for both i.MX and QorIQ.

Regards,
Gary