Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:56:17 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: A proposal - binary |
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 12:36:00PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > That is good to know. But there is a kernel option which doesn't make > > much sense in that case: > > > > [*] Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware > > No, that is very different. That option is present if you don't want to > build some firmware images from the source that is present in the kernel > tree, and instead, use the pre-built stuff that is also present in the > kernel tree.
You're describing PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD. The text Zach quoted is from STANDALONE, which is something else completely. That allows us to not build drivers that pull in things from /etc and the like during compile. (Whoever thought that was a good idea?)
Dave
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