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Message-Id: <20171212123445.339576022@linuxfoundation.org> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:43:30 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org> Subject: [PATCH 4.14 030/164] firmware: cleanup FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL message 4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@...too.org> commit 0946b2fb38fdb6585a5ac3ca84ac73924f645952 upstream. 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. Fixes: 5620a0d1aacd ("firmware: delete in-kernel firmware"). Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@...too.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> --- drivers/base/Kconfig | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- 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.
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