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+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
+}
+