linux-kernel - Re: linux-firmware tree

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Date:	Mon, 02 May 2011 18:22:05 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-firmware tree

On Mon, 02 May 2011 14:40:33 PDT, Mike Waychison said:

> I don't see anything in the build (looking at scripts/Makefile.fwinst
> in particular) that allows the build to enumerate out-of-tree firmware
> files required by drivers.  Do you have any thoughts on how this could
> be enumerated? (if it isn't already?)

MODULE_FIRMWARE tags in the drivers, combined with (possibly)
the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE and CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
Kconfig variables if the needed bits aren't in /lib/firmware?

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