On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, poma wrote: > On 11.02.2014 23:41, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > last question about "building kernel" wiki page, i promise. here: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Building_a_custom_kernel#Build_the_New_Kernel > > > > one reads: > > > > "To build with firmware included, do: > > > > rpmbuild -bb --with baseonly --with firmware --without debuginfo \ > > --target=`uname -m` kernel.spec " > > > > i've examined the kernel.spec file and i see nothing about firmware > > there. further down that page, one reads: > > > > "su -c "rpm -ivh > > $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/kernel-<version>.<arch>.rpm \ > > $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/kernel-firmware-<version>.<arch>.rpm \ > > $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/kernel-headers-<version>.<arch>.rpm \ > > $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/kernel-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm" > > > > but i just did a build "--with firmware" and i see no generated > > "kernel-firmware" rpm. did that *used* to exist? can someone clarify > > this? > > > > just FYI, i'm writing a wiki page that i want to use in an upcoming > > fedora admin course, and i want to make sure that the recipe i give is > > absolutely accurate; hence, my obsession with technical pedantry. > > > > rday > > > > "Drop the kernel-firmware subpackage from the spec file" > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kernel.git/commit/kernel.spec?id=eb0d563f579fc30110899eae827bc069b728e5cc ah, thank you, i've updated the fedora wiki page to remove references to building the firmware package. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
