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diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware/vpu_fw_imx53.bin b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware/vpu_fw_imx53.bin
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diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware_0.1.bb b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware_0.1.bb
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--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware_0.1.bb
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@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Freescale IMX firmware"
-DESCRIPTION = "Freescale IMX firmware such as for the VPU"
-SECTION = "base"
-LICENSE = "Freescale"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://licenses/vpu/EULA;md5=6469a8514eed615d6bf8c09f41846d8f"
-PR = "r4"
-
-SRC_URI = "${DIGI_LOG_MIRROR}/firmware-imx-11.09.01.tar.gz \
-	    file://vpu_fw_imx51.bin \
-	    file://vpu_fw_imx53.bin \
-           "
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "a629ddb53c06f582ef99445e50c8f75d"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0061fb46a47fe1aa7e44099fe0e98e1ec7de68f91541c9cf867ffc6ca9ea691c"
-
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(mx5)"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/firmware-imx-11.09.01"
-
-# todo: make FILES_ machine dependent using override, i.MX53 only now.
-FILES_${PN} = "/lib/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx53.bin"
-
-# [DIGI] The linux-digi kernel does not use the sdma bin from user space
-# [DIGI] It's hardcoded in sdma_code_mx51 and sdma_code_mx53
-#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx53-to1.bin"
-
-# [DIGI] These are not used by Digi hardware
-#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/ath6k/*"
-#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/ar3k/*"
-
-do_patch() {
-	bbwarn "workdir ${WORKDIR}"
-	bbwarn "S ${S}"
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/vpu_fw_imx51.bin ${S}/firmware/vpu/
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/vpu_fw_imx53.bin ${S}/firmware/vpu/
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	install -d ${D}/lib/firmware/vpu
-	install -m 0755 ${S}/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx53.bin ${D}/lib/firmware/vpu
-        chmod 644 ${D}/lib/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx53.bin
-	install -d ${D}/lib/firmware/sdma
-	install -m 0755 ${S}/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx53-to1.bin ${D}/lib/firmware/sdma
-        chmod 644 ${D}/lib//firmware/sdma/sdma-imx53-to1.bin
-	cp -rf ${S}/firmware/ath6k ${D}/lib/firmware
-	cp -rf ${S}/firmware/ar3k ${D}/lib/firmware
-}
-
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware_0.1.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-firmware/imx-firmware_0.1.bbappend
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+PR_append = "+digi.0"
+
+SRC_URI = "${DIGI_LOG_MIRROR}/firmware-imx-11.09.01.tar.gz \
+	    file://vpu_fw_imx51.bin \
+	    file://vpu_fw_imx53.bin \
+           "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "a629ddb53c06f582ef99445e50c8f75d"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0061fb46a47fe1aa7e44099fe0e98e1ec7de68f91541c9cf867ffc6ca9ea691c"
+
+FILES_${PN} = ""
+FILES_${PN} = "/lib/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx53.bin"
+
+# [DIGI] The linux-digi kernel does not use the sdma bin from user space
+# [DIGI] It's hardcoded in sdma_code_mx51 and sdma_code_mx53
+#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/sdma/sdma-imx53-to1.bin"
+
+# [DIGI] These are not used by Digi hardware
+#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/ath6k/*"
+#FILES_${PN} += "/lib/firmware/ar3k/*"
+