> -----Original Message----- > From: Marko Saukko [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:55 PM > To: Zhu, Peter J > Cc: Anas Nashif; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meego-packaging] split linux-firmware pacakge > > On 05/06/2011 12:44 PM, Zhu, Peter J wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Anas Nashif [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:33 PM > >> To: Zhu, Peter J > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [meego-packaging] split linux-firmware pacakge > >> > >> > >> On 6 May 2011, at 10:06, Zhu, Peter J wrote: > >> > >>> No, I can't use -wimax. -extra subpackag has a huge list in addition to > wimax > >> stuff. > >> > >> Then you should split it further, extra really does not make any sense, we > need > >> to be able to pick and chose, what you are doing is making things good for > one > >> platform and keeping it as it was before for others, this is not an > improvement > >> at all. > >> > > If you look at main spec, main package is for all verticals except netbook. > Netbook usage model is similar with laptop, so not sure it make sense to > create > a -netbook subpackage. > > > > Peter > > > > Hi, > > It should be also noted that there are also for example ARM device that > are supported in MeeGo, and for example N900 doesn't require the > linux-firmware package at all AFAIK (at least image boots fine and > everything seems to work without it). Thus, I would vote for removing > the whole linux-firmware package from the base/core/compliance groups > and adding the splitted subpackages to the to the hardware specific > groups like "Moorestown support" "Medfield support". > We are doing this.
Peter > Regards, > Marko > > >> Anas > >> > >>> > >>> Peter. > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Anas Nashif [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:03 PM > >>>> To: Zhu, Peter J > >>>> Cc: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: [meego-packaging] split linux-firmware pacakge > >>>> > >>>> Please do not use names like -extra or whatever, instead use the feature > >> those > >>>> FW files support, in the case below, it should be -wimax. > >>>> > >>>> Anas > >>>> On 6 May 2011, at 08:03, Zhu, Peter J wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Linux-firm-ware is bloated (13M+) and designed with PC needs in mind > >>>> running everywhere. To make it slim to meet needs of mobile device, here > >> it's > >>>> a first effort to split this big package, see [1]. It has a separate > >>>> linux-firmware-extra package. For main package, I just put the really > needed > >>>> stuff for current vertical/platforms by going through changelog. I move > OLPC > >>>> XO stuff and Intel wifi/wimax stuff to -extra while it's used in netbook. > With > >>>> this, linux-firmware is just 1.3M, 10% small than before. BTW, this is > >>>> just > >> first > >>>> step, next step is to create vertical specific firmware package if > >>>> needed. > >>>>> > >>>>> Please have a review and let me know if anything missed that's needed > for > >>>> your platform. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > [1]http://build.meego.com/package/view_file?file=linux-firmware.spec&packa > >>>> > >> > ge=linux-firmware&project=home%3Apeter%3Abranches%3AMeeGo%3A1.2% > >>>> 3Aoss%3ATesting&srcmd5=d278037505681c7de457314fa0bdeadf > >>>>> > >>>>> Peter > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> MeeGo-packaging mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-packaging > >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MeeGo-packaging mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-packaging _______________________________________________ MeeGo-packaging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-packaging
