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On Sunday 28 Aug 2016 18:47:07 Tom H wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > It seems that without extra tweaking, running "make modules_install" in |
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> > a built gentoo-sources tree always results in the Linux supplied |
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> > firmware being reinstalled into /lib64/firmware. This is different from |
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> > debian and definitely not my preferred way; I like to keep the firmware |
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> > stable unless there is a tangible reason to update it. |
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> > So, what is the extra tweak I need to apply to change this behavior? Is |
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> > there a kernel menuconfig option for this? |
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> Try INSTALL_FW_PATH=/lib/firmware/kern_ver |
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It would make sense that firmware installation takes place in a kernel specific |
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directory like /lib/modules/<kernel version> does and also removed with a |
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distclean option, so we don't have to clean after ourselves. Any reason this |
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is not so? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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