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package/linux-firmware: remove imx sdma firmware

Message ID 20210117133119.73546-1-romain.naour@gmail.com
State Accepted
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Series package/linux-firmware: remove imx sdma firmware | expand

Commit Message

Romain Naour Jan. 17, 2021, 1:31 p.m. UTC
As reported on the mailing list [1], the imx sdma firmwares for
imx[6,7,8] are provided by two packages: firmware-imx and
linux-firmware

$ sha256sum ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin

$ sha256sum  ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin

Keep firmware-imx as the only imx sdma firmware provider.

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2021-January/300938.html

Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephane Viau <stephane.viau@oss.nxp.com>
Cc: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
---
 Config.in.legacy                         | 8 ++++++++
 package/linux-firmware/Config.in         | 9 ---------
 package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk | 6 ------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Comments

Yann E. MORIN Jan. 17, 2021, 2:22 p.m. UTC | #1
Romain, All,

On 2021-01-17 14:31 +0100, Romain Naour spake thusly:
> As reported on the mailing list [1], the imx sdma firmwares for
> imx[6,7,8] are provided by two packages: firmware-imx and
> linux-firmware
> 
> $ sha256sum ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
> ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 
> $ sha256sum  ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
> ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 
> Keep firmware-imx as the only imx sdma firmware provider.
> 
> [1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2021-January/300938.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
> Cc: Stephane Viau <stephane.viau@oss.nxp.com>
> Cc: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>

At first, I was going to suggest that we should insteaddrop the separate
firmware-imx package, and keep just linux-firmware.

But as explained in the thread you pointed in the commit log (👍),
firmware-imx also has firmwares for older CPUs, so I've added that as a
justification why we keep it and not the option from linux-firmware.

Applied to master, thanks.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> ---
>  Config.in.legacy                         | 8 ++++++++
>  package/linux-firmware/Config.in         | 9 ---------
>  package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk | 6 ------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
> index 3c022d21d7..a322d18cb3 100644
> --- a/Config.in.legacy
> +++ b/Config.in.legacy
> @@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
>  
>  comment "Legacy options removed in 2021.02"
>  
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
> +	bool "imx sdma firmware is provided by firmware-imx"
> +	select BR2_LEGACY
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_IMX
> +	help
> +	  linux-firmware provide the same firmware as firmware-imx.
> +	  We prefer using firmware-imx as the only provider.
> +
>  config BR2_GDB_VERSION_8_2
>  	bool "gdb 8.2.x has been removed"
>  	select BR2_LEGACY
> diff --git a/package/linux-firmware/Config.in b/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
> index 8e71c21251..a41310ff2a 100644
> --- a/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
> +++ b/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
> @@ -459,15 +459,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_XCx000
>  
>  endmenu
>  
> -menu "SoC Firmware"
> -
> -config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
> -	bool "Freescale i.MX SDMA"
> -	help
> -	  Firmware files for i.MX SDMA.
> -
> -endmenu
> -
>  menu "Fibre Channel Adapter Firmware"
>  
>  config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_QLOGIC_2XXX
> diff --git a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
> index 22fac9d7aa..f23da171c6 100644
> --- a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
> +++ b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
> @@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += qca/rampatch_usb_00000302.bin qca/nvm_usb_00000302.bin
>  LINUX_FIRMWARE_ALL_LICENSE_FILES += LICENSE.qcom
>  endif
>  
> -# Freescale i.MX SDMA
> -ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA),y)
> -LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin
> -LINUX_FIRMWARE_ALL_LICENSE_FILES += LICENSE.sdma_firmware
> -endif
> -
>  # rt2501/rt61
>  ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RALINK_RT61),y)
>  LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += rt2561.bin rt2561s.bin rt2661.bin
> -- 
> 2.25.4
> 
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Gary Bisson Jan. 18, 2021, 8 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Romain,

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 02:31:19PM +0100, Romain Naour wrote:
> As reported on the mailing list [1], the imx sdma firmwares for
> imx[6,7,8] are provided by two packages: firmware-imx and
> linux-firmware
> 
> $ sha256sum ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
> ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 
> $ sha256sum  ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
> ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
> 
> Keep firmware-imx as the only imx sdma firmware provider.
> 
> [1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2021-January/300938.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
> Cc: Stephane Viau <stephane.viau@oss.nxp.com>
> Cc: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
> ---
>  Config.in.legacy                         | 8 ++++++++
>  package/linux-firmware/Config.in         | 9 ---------
>  package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk | 6 ------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
> index 3c022d21d7..a322d18cb3 100644
> --- a/Config.in.legacy
> +++ b/Config.in.legacy
> @@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
>  
>  comment "Legacy options removed in 2021.02"
>  
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
> +	bool "imx sdma firmware is provided by firmware-imx"
> +	select BR2_LEGACY
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_IMX

I know it's too late as Yann already merged that commit, but I believe
the above is wrong. You can't select this option unless
BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX is also defined.

Regards,
Gary
Romain Naour Jan. 18, 2021, 8:32 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Gary,

Le 18/01/2021 à 09:00, Gary Bisson a écrit :
> Hi Romain,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 02:31:19PM +0100, Romain Naour wrote:
>> As reported on the mailing list [1], the imx sdma firmwares for
>> imx[6,7,8] are provided by two packages: firmware-imx and
>> linux-firmware
>>
>> $ sha256sum ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
>> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
>> ./firmware-imx-8.10/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
>>
>> $ sha256sum  ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
>> 7790c161b7e013a9dbcbffb17cc5d4cb63d952949a505647e4679f02d04c4784
>> ./linux-firmware-20201022/imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin
>>
>> Keep firmware-imx as the only imx sdma firmware provider.
>>
>> [1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2021-January/300938.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Stephane Viau <stephane.viau@oss.nxp.com>
>> Cc: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
>> ---
>>  Config.in.legacy                         | 8 ++++++++
>>  package/linux-firmware/Config.in         | 9 ---------
>>  package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk | 6 ------
>>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
>> index 3c022d21d7..a322d18cb3 100644
>> --- a/Config.in.legacy
>> +++ b/Config.in.legacy
>> @@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
>>  
>>  comment "Legacy options removed in 2021.02"
>>  
>> +config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
>> +	bool "imx sdma firmware is provided by firmware-imx"
>> +	select BR2_LEGACY
>> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_IMX
> 
> I know it's too late as Yann already merged that commit, but I believe
> the above is wrong. You can't select this option unless
> BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX is also defined.

Indeed, BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX must be selected here.

Best regards,
Romain


> 
> Regards,
> Gary
>
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Patch

diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 3c022d21d7..a322d18cb3 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@  endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2021.02"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
+	bool "imx sdma firmware is provided by firmware-imx"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_IMX
+	help
+	  linux-firmware provide the same firmware as firmware-imx.
+	  We prefer using firmware-imx as the only provider.
+
 config BR2_GDB_VERSION_8_2
 	bool "gdb 8.2.x has been removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/linux-firmware/Config.in b/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
index 8e71c21251..a41310ff2a 100644
--- a/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
+++ b/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
@@ -459,15 +459,6 @@  config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_XCx000
 
 endmenu
 
-menu "SoC Firmware"
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA
-	bool "Freescale i.MX SDMA"
-	help
-	  Firmware files for i.MX SDMA.
-
-endmenu
-
 menu "Fibre Channel Adapter Firmware"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_QLOGIC_2XXX
diff --git a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
index 22fac9d7aa..f23da171c6 100644
--- a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
+++ b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@  LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += qca/rampatch_usb_00000302.bin qca/nvm_usb_00000302.bin
 LINUX_FIRMWARE_ALL_LICENSE_FILES += LICENSE.qcom
 endif
 
-# Freescale i.MX SDMA
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_IMX_SDMA),y)
-LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += imx/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin
-LINUX_FIRMWARE_ALL_LICENSE_FILES += LICENSE.sdma_firmware
-endif
-
 # rt2501/rt61
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RALINK_RT61),y)
 LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += rt2561.bin rt2561s.bin rt2661.bin