Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751364AbdIPQ5L (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:57:11 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59344 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751231AbdIPQ5K (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:57:10 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 09:57:05 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Markus Trippelsdorf Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kyle McMartin , Andrew Morton , Michal Marek , Masahiro Yamada , David Woodhouse , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Restore support for built-in firmware Message-ID: <20170916165705.GB4577@kroah.com> References: <20170916090116.GA1846@x4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170916090116.GA1846@x4> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.0 (2017-09-02) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 748 Lines: 20 On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 11:01:16AM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > Commit 5620a0d1aac ("firmware: delete in-kernel firmware") removed the > entire firmware directory. Unfortunately it thereby also removed the > support for built-in firmware. The goal was to delete the in-kernel firmware, why do you want to add it back? > This restores the ability to build firmware directly into the kernel by > pruning the original Makefile to the necessary minimum. The default for > EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR is now the standard directory /lib/firmware/. But what firmware is this fixing the build for? As I asked in the other email, I don't understand the problem here, but it's early, and the Plumbers closing party lasted really late... thanks, greg k-h