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| author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> | 2022-02-14 23:23:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-02-25 12:14:42 +0100 |
| commit | 36744c117ab4e3d7e114c10d66882c418ba6ea8a (patch) | |
| tree | e105765bb5d54b5dfe45018f0f11050fb09253aa | |
| parent | debugfs: Document that debugfs_create functions need not be error checked (diff) | |
| download | linux-36744c117ab4e3d7e114c10d66882c418ba6ea8a.tar.xz linux-36744c117ab4e3d7e114c10d66882c418ba6ea8a.zip | |
firmware_loader: EXTRA_FIRMWARE does not support compressed files
Document in the firmware loader Kconfig help text that firmware image
file compression is not supported for builtin EXTRA_FIRMWARE files so
that someone does not waste time trying that.
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220214222311.9758-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig index 5b24f3959255..38f3b66bf52b 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ config EXTRA_FIRMWARE image since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image. + NOTE: Compressed files are not supported in EXTRA_FIRMWARE. + config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR string "Firmware blobs root directory" depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != "" @@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ config FW_LOADER_COMPRESS be compressed with either none or crc32 integrity check type (pass "-C crc32" option to xz command). + Compressed firmware support does not apply to firmware images + that are built into the kernel image (CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE). + config FW_CACHE bool "Enable firmware caching during suspend" depends on PM_SLEEP |