[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/imx-sc-firmware: bump to version 1.2.1

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Sun Dec 22 14:34:21 UTC 2019


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:

Hi,

 >> For example, for the imx-sc-firmware, the list of choices would be:
 >> - 1.1.4 (4.14.78_1.0.0)
 >> - 1.2.1 (4.14.98_2.0.0)
 >> - 1.2.2 (4.19.35_1.0.0)
 >> - 1.2.7.1 (4.19.35_1.1.0)
 >> 
 >> What do you think about this approach?

 > In general, we don't really like to have too much version selection for
 > components, because it makes the maintenance difficult, and it is also
 > more difficult for users as they have to know which version to use.

 > However, for the specific case of this firmware package, I don't really
 > see any other option than what you're proposing.

 > One question is: how does it work if one wants to use the upstream
 > Linux kernel?

Agreed, presumably these crazy version dependencies between components
will get sorted out once the platform becomes a bit more mature?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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