linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware: cleanup FIRMWARE_IN

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Message-Id: <20171116223612.19072-1-robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:36:12 -0800
From:   "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>,
        Greg K-H <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware: cleanup FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL message

The help for FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL still references the firmware_install
command that was recently removed by commit 5620a0d1aacd ("firmware:
delete in-kernel firmware").

Clean up the message to direct the user to their distribution's
linux-firmware package, and remove any reference to firmware being
included in the kernel source tree.

Cc: Greg K-H <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@...too.org>
---
 drivers/base/Kconfig | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 2f6614c9a229..bdc87907d6a1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -91,22 +91,23 @@ config FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
 	depends on FW_LOADER
 	default y
 	help
-	  The kernel source tree includes a number of firmware 'blobs'
-	  that are used by various drivers. The recommended way to
-	  use these is to run "make firmware_install", which, after
-	  converting ihex files to binary, copies all of the needed
-	  binary files in firmware/ to /lib/firmware/ on your system so
-	  that they can be loaded by userspace helpers on request.
+	  Various drivers in the kernel source tree may require firmware,
+	  which is generally available in your distribution's linux-firmware
+	  package.
+
+	  The linux-firmware package should install firmware into
+	  /lib/firmware/ on your system, so they can be loaded by userspace
+	  helpers on request.
 
 	  Enabling this option will build each required firmware blob
-	  into the kernel directly, where request_firmware() will find
-	  them without having to call out to userspace. This may be
-	  useful if your root file system requires a device that uses
-	  such firmware and do not wish to use an initrd.
+	  specified by EXTRA_FIRMWARE into the kernel directly, where
+	  request_firmware() will find them without having to call out to
+	  userspace. This may be useful if your root file system requires a
+	  device that uses such firmware and you do not wish to use an
+	  initrd.
 
 	  This single option controls the inclusion of firmware for
-	  every driver that uses request_firmware() and ships its
-	  firmware in the kernel source tree, which avoids a
+	  every driver that uses request_firmware(), which avoids a
 	  proliferation of 'Include firmware for xxx device' options.
 
 	  Say 'N' and let firmware be loaded from userspace.
-- 
2.14.1