linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:12:13 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"Chris Webb" <chris@...chsys.com>
cc:	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to
 bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b

On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 15:09 +0100, Chris Webb wrote: 
> Is there a more automatic method than going through the source for each
> configured driver and setting CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE manually to list the
> relevant firmwares? Is there any way to give the kernel the location of
> linux-firmware and have it compile in everything needed for the selected
> drivers, as used to happen with the firmware/ subdirectory?
> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR doesn't seem to do anything with
> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE empty, so I don't think it does what I'm hoping?
> 

Most users will just download the linux-firmware tree:

//git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

and copy all the firmware files to /lib/firmware.


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