From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:50:28 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH-NEXT v2 0/4] package/linux-firmware: install into images for early loading support In-Reply-To: <20210215160558.19574-1-peter@korsgaard.com> (Peter Korsgaard's message of "Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:05:53 +0100") References: <20210215160558.19574-1-peter@korsgaard.com> Message-ID: <875z2jne23.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard writes: > Some drivers request their firmware very early when built into the > kernel, even before the initramfs is mounted - So the only way to > provide firmware for those drivers is to include them directly in the > kernel with the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE option. > To support this, let linux-firmware install its files into > BINARIES_DIR in addition to TARGET_DIR, similar to how we do it for > intel-microcode. > Peter Korsgaard (3): > package/linux-firmware: make install logic macro accept a destination > parameter > package/linux-firmware: also install into images for early loading > support > linux: build after linux-firmware if enabled for early loading support > Yann E. MORIN (1): > package/linux-firmware: rationalise install step Committed to next, thanks. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard