On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 11:01:16AM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > Commit 5620a0d1aac ("firmware: delete in-kernel firmware") removed the > entire firmware directory. Unfortunately it thereby also removed the > support for built-in firmware.
The goal was to delete the in-kernel firmware, why do you want to add it back? > This restores the ability to build firmware directly into the kernel by > pruning the original Makefile to the necessary minimum. The default for > EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR is now the standard directory /lib/firmware/. But what firmware is this fixing the build for? As I asked in the other email, I don't understand the problem here, but it's early, and the Plumbers closing party lasted really late... thanks, greg k-h