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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 07:36:00 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: EXTRA_FIRMWARE does not support
 compressed files



On 2/14/22 23:31, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 07:30:22PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2/14/22 17:53, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 02:23:11PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> Document in the firmware loader Kconfig help text that firmware image
>>>> file compression is not supported for builtin EXTRA_FIRMWARE files so
>>>> that someone does not waste time trying that.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>>>> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
>>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>>> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
>>>> ---
>>>> Yeah, I wasted some time trying to use an xz compressed file
>>>> as builtin EXTRA_FIRMWARE, 
>>>
>>> Curious *why* you are using EXTRA_FIRMWARE BTW.
>>
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> I need to load i915 firmware very early
>> and I am not using an initramfs.
> 
> Curious, why don't you use an initramfs? I'm just
> trying to gather users of EXTRA_FIRMWARE as I thought
> they didn't exist.

It's an option, right?
I just prefer to be able to boot a bare kernel.


-- 
~Randy

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