[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/freescale-imx: Add option for all i.MX FW needs

[Yann E. MORIN]

Stephane, All,

On 2020-06-25 06:33 +0000, Stephane Viau (OSS) spake thusly:
> Thomas wrote:
> >However, I am wondering if package/freescale-imx/Config.in is the right
> >place for all this logic. After all, this is only related to the
> >firmware-imx package.
> >
> >Shouldn't we instead move that to
> >package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/Config.in, with the following form:
> >
> >config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEEDS_DDR_FW
> >        bool
> >        default y if BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8M
> >        default y if BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MM
> >        default y if BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MN
> >
> >and ditto the other options ? Here as well, it would require a
> >preparation patch to take care of the NEEDS_DDR_FW case, and then your
> >patch that handles all other FW files.
> 
> I'd like to have Yann's and/or Gary's feedback on this. I'm using 'select' based on this comment:
> "
>   As Yann mentioned on IRC:
>   "Usually, when we introduce such option, it does not 'default y' based
>   on some other options. Instead, the other options 'select' it."
> "
> from http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2020-May/283180.html

True, that's what I said. That was based on the assumption that the
options would be in package/freescale-imx/Config.in.

But now, seeing the reasonning by Thomas, I agree with him: those are
better suited to live in package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/Config.in/

And thus it is less clean that the variant selection in the generic
choice would have to catter with options specific to a package.

Hence, the "default y if ..." is indeed better.

Sorry I did not have that insight to begin with...

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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