linux-kernel - Re: Firmware breakage

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:16 -0400
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: Firmware breakage

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 19:19 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I was planning to build the firmware binaries as part of 'make modules'
> > anyway, because Rafael had related problems (not being able to write to
> > the NFS-exported kernel tree at all).
> 
> Yes I just hit that problem too.

I'm testing this now...

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6192922..3b43ddb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ modules: $(vmlinux-dirs) $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux)
 	$(Q)$(AWK) '!x[$$0]++' $(vmlinux-dirs:%=$(objtree)/%/modules.order) > $(objtree)/modules.order
 	@echo '  Building modules, stage 2.';
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.fwinst obj=firmware __fw_modbuild
 
 
 # Target to prepare building external modules
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.fwinst b/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
index c972c0f..e1b3159 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.fwinst
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ include $(srctree)/$(obj)/Makefile
 
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 
-mod-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(fw-shipped-m))
-
+mod-fw := $(fw-shipped-m)
 # If CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't set, then install the 
 # firmware for in-kernel drivers too.
 ifndef CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
-mod-fw += $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(fw-shipped-y))
+mod-fw += $(fw-shipped-y)
 endif
 
+installed-mod-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(mod-fw))
+
 installed-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(fw-shipped-all))
 installed-fw-dirs := $(sort $(dir $(installed-fw))) $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/.
 
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ PHONY +=  __fw_install __fw_modinst FORCE
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
 
 __fw_install: $(installed-fw)
-__fw_modinst: $(mod-fw)
+__fw_modinst: $(installed-mod-fw)
+__fw_modbuild: $(mod-fw)
 
 FORCE:
 

-- 
dwmw2

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