[gentoo-user] Kernel install target and firmware

[gentoo-user] Kernel install target and firmware

[Ian Zimmerman]

It seems that without extra tweaking, running "make modules_install" in
a built gentoo-sources tree always results in the Linux supplied
firmware being reinstalled into /lib64/firmware.  This is different from
debian and definitely not my preferred way; I like to keep the firmware
stable unless there is a tangible reason to update it.

So, what is the extra tweak I need to apply to change this behavior?  Is
there a kernel menuconfig option for this?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel install target and firmware

[Tom H]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@primate.net> wrote:
>
> It seems that without extra tweaking, running "make modules_install" in
> a built gentoo-sources tree always results in the Linux supplied
> firmware being reinstalled into /lib64/firmware.  This is different from
> debian and definitely not my preferred way; I like to keep the firmware
> stable unless there is a tangible reason to update it.
>
> So, what is the extra tweak I need to apply to change this behavior?  Is
> there a kernel menuconfig option for this?

Try INSTALL_FW_PATH=/lib/firmware/kern_ver

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel install target and firmware

[Mick]

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On Sunday 28 Aug 2016 18:47:07 Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@primate.net> wrote:
> > It seems that without extra tweaking, running "make modules_install" in
> > a built gentoo-sources tree always results in the Linux supplied
> > firmware being reinstalled into /lib64/firmware.  This is different from
> > debian and definitely not my preferred way; I like to keep the firmware
> > stable unless there is a tangible reason to update it.
> > 
> > So, what is the extra tweak I need to apply to change this behavior?  Is
> > there a kernel menuconfig option for this?
> 
> Try INSTALL_FW_PATH=/lib/firmware/kern_ver

It would make sense that firmware installation takes place in a kernel specific 
directory like /lib/modules/<kernel version> does and also removed with a 
distclean option, so we don't have to clean after ourselves.  Any reason this 
is not so?

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Mick

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