[yocto] Using MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS to install wifi Firmware

[Ash Charles]

Hi Khem,

Thanks for your response.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
> it seems this module is installing/overwriting a file thats coming
> from some other recipe
> that you omitted from the errors above so cant tell which one exactly.
I've posted a more complete log: http://pastebin.com/zydaCXe2

I looked in the work directory to see which other recipe might be
trying to supply a duplicate file and see both linux-firmware and my
kernel recipe (based on linux-yocto.inc) e.g.
ash at gumstux:~/Store/Yocto/yocto/build/tmp/work$ find . -name whiteheat.fw
./all-poky-linux/linux-firmware/1_0.0+gitAUTOINC+600caefd83-r0/git/whiteheat.fw
./all-poky-linux/linux-firmware/1_0.0+gitAUTOINC+600caefd83-r0/packages-split/linux-firmware/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./all-poky-linux/linux-firmware/1_0.0+gitAUTOINC+600caefd83-r0/package/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./all-poky-linux/linux-firmware/1_0.0+gitAUTOINC+600caefd83-r0/image/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./all-poky-linux/linux-firmware/1_0.0+gitAUTOINC+600caefd83-r0/sysroot-destdir/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-gumstix/3.5.7-r0/linux-overo-standard-build/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-gumstix/3.5.7-r0/packages-split/kernel-firmware-whiteheat/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-gumstix/3.5.7-r0/package/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-gumstix/3.5.7-r0/image/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw
./overo-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-gumstix/3.5.7-r0/sysroot-destdir/lib/firmware/whiteheat.fw

This makes me think that linux-firmware shouldn't be getting pulled in
as the kernel recipe is providing the right firmware.  But without
MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "linux-firmware-sd8686", no firmware is
included in the image at all.

--Ash