linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: EXTRA_FIRMWARE does not support compressed files

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Message-ID: <YgtWzLsIzXQX8jP/@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:31:24 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.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 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.

  Luis