From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZoDwyWAnFKzHYvR5X18AMX1+7hLgorRQBsSKg9dMeydiBRoefXIe2TLjlxYzwIUtgvrI3d1 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1525463921; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=vh7JV71eIWYMMT++MriCiTEd7YIqLY4lBlbFlTVA8h3BjKXTIEIukzie0Rjkqy9naN GUIVWwH6u0rgEhiokBYIN59kjj4Q/NdRW0Km1lvHrrsiLkqvzRHO614yffszTa4jALBl CWI069rFFWPXuIBPnz8+ds/u5QjLM734Y5dSkR+M0xrWqtQtzIzwwvIG7lsWOZX/OYCZ L8vvaV7chfGWFdoegeQWeayDbG9Y3Mx8NuOh9rH8eLEW0frd2x69pTttaGI3ty/Zedsq pteZTzuoqX2DYn3sEsOWymKQPxkRyNj3pmAd3FP+BVpmsVShsTC+KzmobT2Mq6HUhUJn A0ew== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:arc-authentication-results; bh=IeemFzsSiohKomkxMbxDaIUsJY5NfnLt66zMP/+4MsQ=; b=qmsUUoHN8kdhH8vdJTSCTQPtzi8yFXr1INiM0UqJg9ebaKztnWzt1IHMDyaSTwLTwK sHp7woWMiqrW1GslmX7Cv7hXPEEqKO9oAuRQTfUmGIBWeN2YeJ4IKtHDLEq1X8uf1+Fl j0xZ8liLDTAjtPJeqZhRk3CYwqhOaknQJBVR1/V/eB2TGBn7OHObm2afFNTwmBKXjWaT nm8ddT+dzM8eWmD6dYT8zNoGpdkl3vnSoRsiTUWj5oat3xP6H0PWkiLaa3uytTEngqwL 9Hvdk7UeX7DYnEo9gZF0P0JaX+X61SDsTis8zsEugZukgysQlJfo5HISFv9K0soUwYN+ tm7w== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lurodriguez@suse.de designates 195.135.220.15 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=lurodriguez@suse.de; dmarc=fail (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lurodriguez@suse.de designates 195.135.220.15 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=lurodriguez@suse.de; dmarc=fail (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=kernel.org Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 19:58:35 +0000 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, keescook@chromium.org, josh@joshtriplett.org, teg@jklm.no, wagi@monom.org, hdegoede@redhat.com, andresx7@gmail.com, zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, kubakici@wp.pl, shuah@kernel.org, mfuzzey@parkeon.com, dhowells@redhat.com, pali.rohar@gmail.com, tiwai@suse.de, kvalo@codeaurora.org, arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com, zajec5@gmail.com, nbroeking@me.com, markivx@codeaurora.org, broonie@kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Abhay_Salunke@dell.com, bjorn.andersson@linaro.org, jewalt@lgsinnovations.com, oneukum@suse.com, cantabile.desu@gmail.com, ast@fb.com, hare@suse.com, jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, davem@davemloft.net, maco@android.com, arve@android.com, tkjos@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] firmware_loader: cleanups for v4.18 Message-ID: <20180504195835.GU27853@wotan.suse.de> References: <20180504174356.13227-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1599556382367072293?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1599564857598233603?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 09:17:08PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > "Luis R. Rodriguez" writes: > > > * CONFIG_WANXL --> CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE > > * CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX --> CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE > > > > To this day both of these drivers are building driver *firmwares* when > > the option CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is disabled, and they don't > > even make use of the firmware API at all. > > Don't know for sure about Adaptec, but wanXL firmware fits every > definition of "stable". BTW it's a 1997 or so early PCI card, built > around the PLX PCI9060 bus mastering PCI bridge and Motorola 68360 > (the original QUICC) processor. Maximum bit rate of 2 Mb/s on each sync > serial port. So we can nuke CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE now? > It's more about delivering the .S source for the firmware, I guess. > Nobody is expected to build it. The fw is about 2.5 KB and is directly > linked with the driver. :P Future work I guess would be to just use the firmware API and stuff it into linux-firmware? Luis