Re: [meta-lts-mixins][wrynose/linux-firmware][PATCH 2/3] linux-firmware: set DEFAULT_PREFERENCE to "-1"

On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 at 13:29, Jose Quaresma
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> In order to make this layer Yocto Project Compatible, the layer should
>> not provide new versions of packages by default. The easiest way to
>> achieve it is to set DEFAULT_PREFERENCE to "-1" for the new versions of
>> the recipes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20260519.bb | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20260519.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20260519.bb
>> index 7eb9bf35fbe3..f2cd8737f253 100644
>> --- a/recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20260519.bb
>> +++ b/recipes-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20260519.bb
>> @@ -3692,3 +3692,6 @@ INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "already-stripped"
>>
>>  # No need to put firmware into the sysroot
>>  SYSROOT_DIRS_IGNORE += "${firmwaredir}"
>> +
>> +# Don't prefer it by default
>> +DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
>
>
> With this change this recipe will no longer be used by layer users.
> Until now, to use the provided linux-firmware recipe, all you had to do was add the layer.
>
> I would prefer to continue having something similar where no additional configuration
> is needed to use this layer.

This exactly contradicts with the Yocto Project Compatibility
requirements. The layer should not be changing the default
configuration.

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With best wishes
Dmitry