Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:45:03 +0200 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: dell_rbu: Select CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER explicitly |
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At Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:39:36 +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote: > > At Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:43:30 +0800, > >> Actually from view of distribution, dell rbu has to be compiled in, then > >> no code size can be saved any more, which means looks the introduced > >> option in this patch isn't necessary. > > > > Well, but it means that there is no way not to compile user-helper > > mode code in firmware_class.c. In other words, in which condition, > > request_firmware_user() will be compiled? > > It can be always compiled in. Basically dell rbu is always enabled in > distributions, which means the user helper code has to be compiled in.
But how non-distro kernel disables this being built-in...? Or do you suggest to enable the user-helper codes always built, no matter whether it's used or not?
Takashi
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