linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware_loader: Enable compressed files in EXTRA

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Message-ID: <ZZOxXw7ZrmumszkO@buildd.core.avm.de>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 07:46:55 +0100
From: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>
To: Kevin Martin <kevinmbecause@...il.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware_loader: Enable compressed files in
 EXTRA_FIRMWARE

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 05:29:33AM -0500, Kevin Martin wrote:
> The linux-firmware packages on Gentoo, Fedora, Arch, and others compress
> the firmware files. This works well with CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS, but
> does not work with CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE. This patch allows the build
> system to decompress firmware files specified by CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE.
> Uncompressed files are used first, then the compressed files are used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Martin <kevinmbecause@...il.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>