Re: Kernel almost hangs when CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:10:45PM -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:

do you want something ala:

config EXTRA_FIRMWARE string default "" append "FOO" if BAR append "FOZ" if BAZ

or maybe a new type "list" which would behave as a comma/space separated value.

config EXTRA_FIRMWARE list "bla" append "FOO" if BAR append "FOZ" if BAZ

Yeah, actually Kyle's note (http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/29/289) makes much more sense for linux and the whole firmware in the kernel deal. So it looks like the drivers should be taught to wait for userspace to appear instead of Kconfig helping them build-in firmware. And then we should go ahead and remove CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE completely...

Thanks.