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authorDave Airlie2017-12-19 12:37:24 +0100
committerDave Airlie2017-12-19 12:37:24 +0100
commit6b7dcb536e3535444c39286333f10d06d2f44fb5 (patch)
tree6a4c1e30e5900626e506d46b100d21a2fcd59003 /drivers/base/Kconfig
parentMerge tag 'drm-misc-next-2017-12-14' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm... (diff)
parentLinux 4.15-rc4 (diff)
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BackMerge tag 'v4.15-rc4' into drm-next
Linux 4.15-rc4 Daniel requested it to fix some messy conflicts.
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diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
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@@ -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.