RB3 Gen2: switch to linux-firmware #761
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Can you please confirm if all firmware files that you are replacing are the same ? e.g. what's the net effect of applying this patch? Please include that information in the commit message. RB3G2 is actively being worked on, so I suspect we will release new firmware for it, through QCOM artifactory. So we will need to keep linux-firmware up-to-date quickly, and we might need to overlay some firmware in meta-qcom from time to time.. |
I have reworked the PR to make it more obvious, what is actually happening. The firmware-qcom-rb3gen2 already installs only WiFi firmware, ADSP, CDSP and Adreno firmware have been pulled from linux-firmware since November 2024.
In such a case I think it's easier to submit the firmware directly into linux-firmware and make the use of it by selecting class-devupstream version of linux-firmare: For the stable branches it would be possible to reinstantiate the |
The package linux-firmware-qcom-qcm6490-wifi also provides a symlink qcom/qcs6490/wpss.mbn. To follow the pattern established by linux-firmware-qcom-qcm6490-audio and -compute packages the package should RPROVIDE the qcs6490 name. Without RPROVIDES it is possible for the image recipe to attempt installing both package names, resulting in a conflict between the files provided by the linux-firmware and by the firmware-qcom-rb3gen2 recipes. The patch has been submitted to the OE-Core, but until it is merged provide a local fixup. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
As the linux-firmware recipe now provides the WiFi firmware too, the same version as installed by the firmware-qcom-rb3gen2. Drop the firmware-qcom-rb3gen2 recipe. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
With the firmware-qcom-rb3gen2 being gone, there is no need to use board file alternative in the linux-firmware package. Drop the alternative. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
The QCS6490 and QCM6490 platforms are using the same firmware, with the -qcm6490- being the main package name and -qcs6490- name being specified by RPROVIDES. Make the RB3 Gen 2 packagegroup use -qcm6490- firmware packages. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
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Even yocto stable releases quite often brings updates to linux-firmware, so backporting in oe-core could be an option. |
Switch RB3 Gen2 support to the firmware from linux-firmware.