[meta-freescale] installing firmware-imx

[Thomas Senyk]

On Tue, March 05, 2013 14:36:06 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Thomas Senyk
> 
> <thomas.senyk at pelagicore.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, March 05, 2013 13:57:51 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Thomas Senyk
> >> 
> >> <thomas.senyk at pelagicore.com> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, March 05, 2013 13:38:00 Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Thomas Senyk
> >> >> 
> >> >> <thomas.senyk at pelagicore.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > I just tried to install the imx6 vpu firmware.
> >> >> > I needed to do:
> >> >> > IMAGE_INSTALL += "firmware-imx-vpu-imx6q"
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > firmware-imx-vpu or firmware-imx is not working.
> >> >> > .. that way my image is not only fsl-specific (which it already is
> >> >> > due
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > fsl- codec) but also chip specific.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Not sure I get this right, but the fsl-codecs are useless without
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > firmware, right?
> >> >> > If so: maybe the fsl-codecs/gst-fsl-plugin should have a RDEPENDS on
> >> >> > firmware- imx-vpu-<machine>?
> >> >> 
> >> >> Which image are you using? core-image-base and above ought to have the
> >> >> right set of firmware out of box.
> >> > 
> >> > Our own using 'inherit core-image'
> >> > So it's similar to (/more then) 'core-image-base'
> >> > 
> >> > I colleague found that adding packagegroup-base adds the firmware
> >> > 
> >> >  ... is that the right way of doing it?
> >> 
> >> Yes; this is the generic way of adding it. However it is automatically
> >> done by every image inheriting core-image.
> > 
> > Ok, but then their is a bug :)
> > Our image does(!) 'inherit core-image' but the firmware does not get
> > deployed.
> You must be overriding something, read bellow.

Ah! Now I got you :)
Thanks for the Tip! I'll try

> 
> >> So you must be doing:
> >> 
> >> IMAGE_INSTALL = "... "
> >> 
> >> And this is wrong, in this specific case. Please change it to:
> >> 
> >> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " ...  "