[Buildroot] [PATCH-NEXT v2 0/4] package/linux-firmware: install into images for early loading support

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Feb 23 12:50:28 UTC 2021


>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com> 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


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