Re: [OE-core][PATCH] linux-firmware: Move all firmware into sub-packages

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Mon Oct 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM CEST, Ryan Eatmon via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> A lot of the firmware has already been broken out into sub-packages, but
> a good number were still lingering in the base linux-firmware package.
>
> This patch does two things:
>
> 1) Move all of the remaining firmware into sub-packages based on the
> driver name in the WHENCE file or into existing sub-packages where a
> file or two were missed.
>
> 2) Create a new REMOVE_UNLICENSED variable and do_install() logic to
> allow for marking certain firmware files as something to remove and not
> package up.  The intention is that in the WHENCE file, a number of
> firmware files have no license information or very questionable
> declarations as to what the license is for the firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Eatmon <reatmon@ti.com>
> ---

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your patch.

It looks like some files are not shipped correctly:

ERROR: linux-firmware-1_20250917-r0 do_package: QA Issue: linux-firmware: Files/directories were installed but not shipped in any package:
  /lib/firmware/ess
  /lib/firmware/ttusb-budget
  /lib/firmware/emi62
  /lib/firmware/myricom
  /lib/firmware/sun
  /lib/firmware/yamaha
  /lib/firmware/korg
  /lib/firmware/vicam
  /lib/firmware/acenic
  /lib/firmware/yam
  /lib/firmware/qcom/sa8775p/LEMANS-EVK-tplg.bin
Please set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install.

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/2542

Can you fix it please?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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