On 03.03.2021 07:09, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: > So my kernel build died.. > > UPD drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw.gen.S > make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw', > needed by 'drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw.gen.o'. > Stop. > make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:514: > drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin] Error 2 > > I tracked it down to a linux-firmware update that shipped everything with .xz > compression: > > % rpm2cpio linux-firmware-20201218-116.fc34.noarch.rpm | cpio -itv | grep > 8106e-1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1856 Dec 19 04:43 > ./usr/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw > 631034 blocks > % rpm2cpio linux-firmware-20210208-117.fc34.noarch.rpm | cpio -itv| grep > 8106e-1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 848 Feb 8 16:38 > ./usr/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw.xz > 340217 blocks > > and my .config shows it's self-inflicted (no, I don't remember why it's in > there): > > # Firmware loader > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw" > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" > This is wrong, simply remove it.
> But then I take a closer look at drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c > #define FIRMWARE_8168D_1 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw" > #define FIRMWARE_8168D_2 "rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw" > #define FIRMWARE_8168E_1 "rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw" > > So now I'm mystified how this compressing all the firmware files is supposed > to work... >
