Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751373AbWHCT4e (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:56:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751377AbWHCT4e (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:56:34 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:50850 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751373AbWHCT4d (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:56:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:56:17 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Greg KH Cc: Zachary Amsden , Arjan van de Ven , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig , Rusty Russell , Jack Lo Subject: Re: A proposal - binary Message-ID: <20060803195617.GD16927@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Greg KH , Zachary Amsden , Arjan van de Ven , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig , Rusty Russell , Jack Lo References: <44D1CC7D.4010600@vmware.com> <1154603822.2965.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <44D23B84.6090605@vmware.com> <20060803190327.GA14237@kroah.com> <44D24B31.2080802@vmware.com> <20060803193600.GA14858@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060803193600.GA14858@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1047 Lines: 26 On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 12:36:00PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > That is good to know. But there is a kernel option which doesn't make > > much sense in that case: > > > > [*] Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware > > No, that is very different. That option is present if you don't want to > build some firmware images from the source that is present in the kernel > tree, and instead, use the pre-built stuff that is also present in the > kernel tree. You're describing PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD. The text Zach quoted is from STANDALONE, which is something else completely. That allows us to not build drivers that pull in things from /etc and the like during compile. (Whoever thought that was a good idea?) Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/