From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F37C4138330 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:25:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC20EE0B4D; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f65.google.com (mail-wm0-f65.google.com [74.125.82.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77E34E0A86 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f65.google.com with SMTP id i138so8240764wmf.3 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:25:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:reply-to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version; bh=Q99EZUtBcH9wPFiF/5L8RHChv9en6XhAK5exXkVM8Xg=; b=nj9AUHdKBi4tZMMZgTB0X6w6y/wrw3sAJj5sjnVa2yFISXYOrf4W/e7gi//zPv4rhe RwLJCtg0o6dzF6QgSufjfIMo3lc7fJBo4CVotbXNq9BAkZjZFooWbCuIOrodb97Maf/j kHc4IoWyujLD4RyzLb+S48dq5GwKfQo3Z9bhGSDal1iK/4sn7K3LGNiFKOG/4oFmDZH7 V0W+U5br3u9wWquyWG0UnVdJBfi9pPOrYL0C5bN1IjO3TOMGCfDK4oobM0DJVq8zYDLF LcP5xOsD6REwOxwoqKW7Cze3jXbTawyYdBBx0kS+f+2ZoejPM4BxoRQZu6vpJqpCOV20 cK1Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:reply-to:subject:date:message-id :user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version; bh=Q99EZUtBcH9wPFiF/5L8RHChv9en6XhAK5exXkVM8Xg=; b=iUI2hSuQB3hgtPLD7HiL39IHmKprqhYQlChfQAEnNejwNFZ/87mxXqs5UQ4KIdQa0M Rx3CkRvQY8XKWc6Mu6koEWQNxS2rMeJ8up2XvxSljFm7y7ZX/bzRqFJbSZ142iJjJNRL cUPFHQUpsSBxmmw8TiZIZgw6MyHT18a2fvqn775ZOaVTI4dHbfql5xRYQB9QfUWa0Cv4 4u59zkm5xKGckRk3SRcff6sPpPDLpZv2JS1yCAerhUa/elpQobDclHBLlFPch/oBVHO5 emnK/2AI7exF3VsEJmoUwyhSLwCTnnYSA1+DBT3x+zNu42NhUinpRBhyJ7CdMHVBOb4G 9BOw== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwM0dz87/vhWDeWfsTI2lj2OfxjAejfZ9CUI8nIpUVmsP4CQX/x7UQCB0uy66DPEoA== X-Received: by 10.28.167.80 with SMTP id q77mr9447484wme.62.1472455521405; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:25:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n2sm32941667wjd.1.2016.08.29.00.25.20 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel install target and firmware Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:25:03 +0100 Message-ID: <5046491.5O9SgD2OWb@dell_xps> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.4.6-gentoo; KDE/4.14.20; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <20160828165445.21717.06DDFFDA@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1595679.NIEY1MXPT6"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b88fd1ec-0cdc-4fe0-87f5-28390af3647a X-Archives-Hash: 944e6eb15e0b91cc821487d77f42b2ee --nextPart1595679.NIEY1MXPT6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Sunday 28 Aug 2016 18:47:07 Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrot= e: > > 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 firm= ware > > stable unless there is a tangible reason to update it. > >=20 > > So, what is the extra tweak I need to apply to change this behavior= ? Is > > there a kernel menuconfig option for this? >=20 > Try INSTALL_FW_PATH=3D/lib/firmware/kern_ver It would make sense that firmware installation takes place in a kernel = specific=20 directory like /lib/modules/ does and also removed with= a=20 distclean option, so we don't have to clean after ourselves. Any reaso= n this=20 is not so? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1595679.NIEY1MXPT6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJXw+NfAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeUH8H/R3YyfVj41zE2o0S3jhXW+e7 HwBQED3B6T3sb3UhJx9q6OsNw0dq8yatZC96QyQfv5Qt7+DHD+8IIZ+hUxVA52vd h1EEiUB/q1rQFasgV2zNvk5eC72Enw+YQX7Ik9OeHSjEYpOrQcMNw2pBGsoHcVIJ TLL9WvCu5NhWqkzNi1xp7tsX87nCXXwJD2f9WTQPxONUSM9WaweAt44nAyfPTVpV AeL/UsoOUaG8bq8tGIbWDcXu1VkxHZxw/f7Vvc6vzIe1kYjKnfEKFqRpsxem8yB+ R5rkEZrLeTL/kCsD7Mtii3CWZpLKEgoxOV92RaaP87jIueiLoy32dhUMg+V53X0= =UDQC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1595679.NIEY1MXPT6--