[lfs-dev] Kernel options not covered in LFS

[DJ Lucas via lfs-dev]

Any objection to adding pointers to BLFS on the kernel page about Linux 
firmware and cpio that might be used by make? The firmware has been a 
known issue for some time but was not included in LFS because it is 
covered in detail in BLFS (as well as limited to exactly what is needed 
so not have a bunch of unnecessary binary blobs laying around on the 
root filesystem). The cpio requirement (outside of an initrd) is 
relatively new for the built-in headers. See 
https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/IKHEADERS.html for more info on that. 
We pulled in OpenSSL because of this, but that's not an esoteric 
requirement like above (and for most people, I think, the same for 
firmware blobs - I build in for ATI cards - but maybe not as we are 
seeing more of the NICs that need them now too). Personally, I just use 
a local copy of the book for jhalfs and add the entire firmware repo 
inline as a single install 
(http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/linux-firmware.svnstash <- if 
anybody needs for the same task) because I don't really care about the 
blobs or disk space, and I will do the same for cpio, but I think these 
should at least be mentioned in LFS, ideally IMO collapsing the two 
notes on that page with these.

--DJ
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