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 82994139083 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2393AE10C5; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:03:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4F24E10B4 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wr0-f178.google.com (mail-wr0-f178.google.com [209.85.128.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 729E433BE19 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:03:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wr0-f178.google.com with SMTP id h1so22677016wre.12 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:03:26 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKrAt6EKewF0bO5+05nU/1tDGyldyg97GuVeQxK/9ouUGXlDZ9N u6boQVnakKN15LUgRRrFJOeola0iTOwex4c5S+0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBot7trwfbgQZTnaV6uCzvaFEGkKa4KlzXShK79EL3pIVg9XimD0VJ8nySISpgHi/vIuum9ZLCYH5q9KkCQOtqkc= X-Received: by 10.223.148.225 with SMTP id 88mr6639199wrr.16.1513785803730; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:03:23 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.223.154.5 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:03:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2545018.Rh4YFAnt0D@dell_xps> References: <504603539.5rY3yrNDt7@dell_xps> <20171220125216.fmvcdjho5n5cdxn4@31c0.net> <2545018.Rh4YFAnt0D@dell_xps> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:03:02 -0500 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 'firmware_install' won't on 4.14.7-gentoo To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ff8d4f65-772c-49b9-b34e-db6555fb0e91 X-Archives-Hash: 373408dabe6cb17ea2c81f0e84e054bd On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 12:52:16 GMT Floyd Anderson wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:22:29 +0000 >> >> Mick wrote: >> >Has something changed in 4.14.7-gentoo sources from its predecessors? >> > >> >I'm getting this on two systems: >> > >> >[snip ...] >> > >> > INSTALL sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec-hdmi.ko >> > INSTALL sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko >> > INSTALL sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko >> > DEPMOD 4.14.7-gentoo >> > >> >make: *** No rule to make target 'firmware_install'. Stop. >> >> Yes, there is a change to drop the target rule =E2=80=98firmware_install= =E2=80=99 [1]. >> I=E2=80=99ve noticed also [2] but in the end it seems the rule is finall= y >> dropped: >> >> /usr/src/linux-4.12.12-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.fwinst ... exists >> /usr/src/linux-4.14.4-gentoo/scripts/Makefile.fwinst ... no such = file >> >> To check it=E2=80=99s there look for =E2=80=98Other generic targets=E2= =80=99 in kernel dir: >> >> sudo make help >> >> or just grep: >> >> grep -q 'firmware_install' /usr/src/linux/Makefile >> >> >> References: >> - [1] >> - [2] > > You are quite right, there is no firmware_install in the 4.14.7 release. = What > does this mean? How are we meant to install firmware now? I believe all firmware has been removed from the kernel sources. You should install sys-kernel/linux-firmware, or grab just the files you need from the git repo. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git