ports: updated to 3.1

[ports/efikamx-arm.git] / imx-firmware / README

README for imx-firmware

You'll need to download the ihex file from Genesi's github and put it in
the port's tree current port directory if you agree with Freescale's 
License (http://www.freescale.com/) shown below the link:

https://raw.github.com/genesi/imx-firmware/master/vpu/vpu_fw_imx51.bin.ihex


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