linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware loader: allow disabling of udev as firmware loader

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Message-ID: <CAG-2HqUwdsW_EbccAs5jLV81XwkiA6BaSg_6A5hsKtruaWv94A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:27:02 +0200
From:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
To:	b_b_singh <B_B_Singh@...l.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@...l.com>,
	Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>, matt_domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	srinivas_g_gowda <Srinivas_G_Gowda@...l.com>,
	stuart_hayes <Stuart_Hayes@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware loader: allow disabling of udev as firmware loader

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:13 PM,  <B_B_Singh@...l.com> wrote:
> I see contradiction of drivers/base/Kconfig here i.e, If I configure DELL_RBU=y I cannot configure FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n.
> with this patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/4/327 i cannot have FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n & DELL_RBU=y at the same time.
> I'm using the latest stable upstream kernel-3.14.5.
>
> Symbol: FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER [=y]
> Type     : boolean
> Defined at drivers/base/Kconfig:146
> Selected by: FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK [=n] && FW_LOADER [=y] || DELL_RBU [=y] && X86 [=y]

Yes, with that version of the patch you should instead try with
FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK=n (the options were renamed). Does that
work for you?

Cheers,

Tom
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