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

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM Dmitry Baryshkov <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>

After several tests, I couldn't find another way to do this.
I'm going to introduce a new variable to control the choice of
linux-firmware.

Jose


>
> --
> With best wishes
> Dmitry
>