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

[Ryan Eatmon <reatmon@ti.com>]

On 10/7/2025 7:45 AM, Ryan Eatmon via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/7/2025 2:34 AM, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> That is odd.  I don't get that error on my builds.  All of those files 
> should have been removed by the new REMOVE_UNLICENSED feature in the 
> recipe.  I'll take a look.

I actually added some "debug" output to the do_install code.  Can you 
get the log.do_install file for that run?  My company's firewall setup 
is blocking the WebSockets stuff that the autobuilder site uses, so if 
it is available there I apologize.  Working with them to address it.


> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mathieu
>>
> 
> 
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