[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx: fix the VPU firmware location

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Fabio" == Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> writes:

 > The mainline kernel searches the coda VPU firmware inside the following
 > locations [1]:

 > /lib/firmware/
 > /lib/firmware/vpu/

 > Currently Buildroot installs the coda firmware into /lib/firmware/imx/vpu,
 > which is not a valid location.

 > Fix it by installing the coda firmwares into /lib/firmware/vpu/ which
 > is a valid path for both mainline and NXP vendor kernels. Also create a
 > symlink to /lib/firmware/ so that mainline kernels do not need to wait
 > more than 60 seconds to search again inside /lib/firmware/vpu/.

 > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=8af7779f3cbc1f6720d15f00abc797493710d1ab

 > Reported-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour at gmail.com>
 > Suggested-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour at gmail.com>
 > Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
 > ---
 > Changes since v1:
 > - Create symlinks to /lib/firmware to speed up mainline kernels to
 > found the VPU firmware.

Committed to 2020.11.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard