Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:31:24 -0800 | From | Luis Chamberlain <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: EXTRA_FIRMWARE does not support compressed files |
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 07:30:22PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On 2/14/22 17:53, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 02:23:11PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >> 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. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> > >> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> > >> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > >> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> > >> --- > >> Yeah, I wasted some time trying to use an xz compressed file > >> as builtin EXTRA_FIRMWARE, > > > > Curious *why* you are using EXTRA_FIRMWARE BTW. > > Hi Luis, > > I need to load i915 firmware very early > and I am not using an initramfs.
Curious, why don't you use an initramfs? I'm just trying to gather users of EXTRA_FIRMWARE as I thought they didn't exist.
Luis
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