netdev - Re: 2.6.29-rc: unable to compile e100 firmware into kernel

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Message-Id: <200902012218.20481.arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Date:	Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:18:16 +0300
From:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>
To:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc: unable to compile e100 firmware into kernel

On 1 of February 2009 22:05:43 Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru> 
wrote:
> > {pts/2}% LC_ALL=C make -C ~/src/linux-git
> > O=$HOME/build/linux-2.6.29 make: Entering directory
> > `/home/bor/src/linux-git'
> >  Using /home/bor/src/linux-git as source for kernel
> > ln -fsn /home/bor/src/linux-git source
>
> I think (seem to recall something on the list) there have been
> multiple people reporting the make O= option doesn't work with
> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL, but what does the
> CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y option do?  If it does what it
> appears to by its title, looks like you might need to set that to =n

Does not work. Besides, even with CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y 
firmware is built and installed under /lib/firmware when 
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set. It is just that it does not help 
with netconsole :(


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