[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] linux:linux.mk: Add "firmware-imx" dependency if needed

[Charlie Leger]

Hi Baruch,

Thank you for your review

Le 04/05/2022 à 11:43, Baruch Siach a écrit :
> Hi Leger,
>
> On Wed, May 04 2022, Leger Charlie wrote:
>> Since SDMA firmwares for imx[6,7,8] are now provided only by firmware-imx package and not linux-firmware package [1].
>> Linux build can failed if depending on firmware imx, so add firmware-imx dependency on linux if package is checked.
> What build failure do you see when firmware-imx does not install before
> kernel build? As far as I can see firmware files are only used at
> run-time.
Failure will happens only for specific kernel configuration which used 
"CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE" option [1], which allow to built-in firmware.
If firmware needed belongs to "firmware-imx" package, linux build will 
failed.

Charlie,

https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/EXTRA_FIRMWARE.html
>
> baruch
>
>> [1]http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2021-January/603807.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Leger Charlie<c.leger at borea-dental.com>
>> ---
>>   linux/linux.mk | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
>> index 7ff7b05042..e40672ceca 100644
>> --- a/linux/linux.mk
>> +++ b/linux/linux.mk
>> @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ LINUX_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
>>   LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-kmod \
>>   	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_INTEL_MICROCODE),intel-microcode) \
>>   	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE),linux-firmware) \
>> +	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX),firmware-imx) \
>>   	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_REGDB),wireless-regdb)
>>   
>>   # Starting with 4.16, the generated kconfig paser code is no longer

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