Re: [PATCH] kbuild: rpm-pkg: delete firmware_install to fix build error

From: Greg K-H
Date: Mon Sep 18 2017 - 05:24:17 EST


On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 06:12:36PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Commit 5620a0d1aacd ("firmware: delete in-kernel firmware") deleted
> in-kernel firmware support, including "make firmware_install".
>
> Since then, "make rpm-pkg" / "make binrpm-pkg" fails to build with
> the error:
>
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `firmware_install'. Stop.
>
> Commit df85b2d767aa ("firmware: Restore support for built-in firmware")
> restored the build infrastructure for CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, but this
> is out of the scope of "make firmware_install". So, the right thing to
> do is to kill the use of "make firmware_install".
>
> Fixes: 5620a0d1aacd ("firmware: delete in-kernel firmware")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>