On Fri, 13 Feb 2015, Elan Ruusamäe wrote: > On 13.02.2015 12:10, Jan Rękorajski wrote: > > Add Req linux-firmware when building with internal firmware disabled. > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:40 AM, glen <g...@pld-linux.org> wrote: > >> commit 6133b03ba349175a5dd4e5aaacea9a73c2a95115 > >> Author: Elan Ruusamäe <g...@delfi.ee> > >> Date: Tue Feb 3 00:03:10 2015 +0200 > >> > >> add firmware bcond to disable packaging firmware in main package (use > >> linux-firmware package) > on a slightly related topic: > > kernel makefile supports two way of installing firmwares: > 1. install what is needed based on enabled modules > 2. install any firmware present in sources > > how pld make install is invoked, it does "2", but imho should do "1".
It's not _that_ smart, what I see in Makefile is "install firmware for modules" and "install all firmware", I don't know if built-in drivers always pull firmware inline. Besides, the gain would probably be small, did you test it? > > also, what is the difference with firmware from kernel sources and the > externally built one. > i have not found definitive answer to this. linux-firmware is more complete due to licensing: """ This repository contains all these firmware images which have been extracted from older drivers, as well various new firmware images which we were never permitted to include in a GPL'd work, but which we _have_ been permitted to redistribute under separate cover. """ -- Jan Rękorajski | PLD/Linux SysAdm | baggins<at>pld-linux.org | http://www.pld-linux.org/ _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en