Re: dell_rbu: Select CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER explicitly

From: Ming Lei
Date: Tue Jul 09 2013 - 10:39:54 EST


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> 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.

Thanks,
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Ming Lei
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