On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:53:43PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Kevin Hao <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some firmwares are critical for the basic functions of the board, and may > > be used by the bootloader. Due to the license issue, we can't integrate > > it. But we do need it when creating a booting image by using WIC. > > So add the support for the WIC to download a raw file from http > > server and write it to a specific part. In order to restrict the > > downloading behaviour, we introduce a "WKS_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD" variable and > > only do the downloading when this variable is set. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <[email protected]> > > This does not make much sense. > > It does not allow to be downloaded? so build system can download it > and use it as a normal artifact.
In some cases, it doesn't make sense to do so. Because: a) These firmwares are just raw binary files, they don't need any build or process. They are only useful when we try to create a bootable image. b) There firmwares may be licensed under a proprietary license. We may not integrate them to a fully open source build system. But we do want to provide an easy way for the customer to build a bootable image. Thanks, Kevin >Adding another source way seems > controversial. > > -- > Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems > http://www.ossystems.com.br http://code.ossystems.com.br > Mobile: +55 (53) 9981-7854 Mobile: +1 (347) 903-9750
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