[yocto] Missing firmware files

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Gary,

On Monday 24 November 2014 09:04:43 Gary Thomas wrote:
> I have a .bbappend which I use to add some non-public firmware
> files to linux-firmware.  This set up used to work, but today
> I'm getting only empty packages.  Here's my .bbappend fragment
> 
>   
> #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------- # Wi2Wi (based on Marvell SDIO 86xx devices
>    #
>    LICENSE_${PN}-wi2wi = "Firmware:LICENCE.Wi2Wi_firmware.txt"
>    PROVIDES += " linux-firmware-wi2wi "
>    SRC_URI += " \
> 	http://www.not-public.com/Wi2Wi-firmware.tgz;name=Wi2Wi-firmware \
>    "
>    SRC_URI[Wi2Wi-firmware.md5sum] = "2b400aee75e7522eb7f9a299aaa6d023"
>    SRC_URI[Wi2Wi-firmware.sha256sum] =
> "33b08d06169074e3d680df20f057580bbc5aa3aaa07e8ba3744c9318d0cbba5d"
> 
>    do_install_append() {
>          cd ${S}
> 	install -d  ${D}/lib/firmware/
> 	# Wi2Wi via libertas
> 	install -m 0666 ${WORKDIR}/sd8688.bin ${D}/lib/firmware
> 	install -m 0666 ${WORKDIR}/sd8688_helper.bin ${D}/lib/firmware
> 	install -m 0666 ${WORKDIR}/LICENCE.Wi2Wi_firmware.txt ${D}/lib/firmware/
>    }
> 
>    PACKAGES += "${PN}-wi2wi"
>    FILES_${PN}-wi2wi = "/lib/firmware/sd86*.bin
> /lib/firmware/LICENCE.Wi2Wi_firmware.txt" RPROVIDES_${PN}-wi2wi =
> "${PN}-wi2wi"
> 
> The desired files do end up in my install image, but not in the
> split package linux-firmware-wi2wi
> 
> Any ideas what I'm missing in the packaging that is ending up with
> empty packages?

I'd recommend using PACKAGES =+ rather than PACKAGES += so that your package 
picks up the files first. I'll bet another package is snagging the files before 
yours as things are at the moment.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre