[meta-freescale] GStreamer VPU support on i.MX6

[Daiane Angolini]

On 04/19/2013 02:09 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2013-04-19 10:58, Daiane Angolini wrote:
>> On 04/19/2013 01:52 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Daiane Angolini
>>> <daiane.angolini at freescale.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The firmware is installed by packagegroup-base-core; adding a
>>> dependency on this is not optimal IMO.
>>
>> I almost remember we have already discussed why firmware is not a
>> dependency.
>>
>> I cannot remember what i understood.
>>
>> Why would I want to have gst-fsl-plugins installed WITHOUT the VPU
>> firmware?
>
> It gets you other pieces which don't need the VPU, e.g. the
> special V4L2 drivers.
>
> root at sabrelite:~# opkg files gst-fsl-plugin | sort
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_aacdec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_aiur_demux.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_amrdec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_audio_pp.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_beep.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_h264dec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_mp3dec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_mp3enc.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_mpeg2dec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_mpeg4aspdec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_v4lsink.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_v4lsrc.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_gst_vorbisdec.so
> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libmfw_vpu.so
>

I only means that when you decide to not install VPU dec/enc you don't 
need vpu firmware.

It does not mean that, when you install gst-fsl-plugins you don't expect 
to find the vpu firmware

-- 
Daiane