[PATCH] kernel.spec: adding --with firmware & --without vdso_install build options

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:01:17AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2008 09:24:10 Steve Dickson wrote:
> > Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > > Steve Dickson wrote:
> > >> Now that devel kernels rpms require the kernel-firmware rpm, it makes
> > >> sense to me that one should be able to build both of them at the same
> > >> time. So this patch adds the "--with firmware" build option
> > >> which will allow kernel-firmware rpms to built with kernel rpms.
> > >>
> > >> This patch also adds the "--without vdso_install" build option
> > >> which stop the VDSO binaries from being installed. This cuts
> > >> down the overall build time especially when you build over NFS
> > >> like I do..
> > >> Signed-Off-By: Steve Dickson <steved at redhat.com>
> > >
> > > With one small change we can still support --without firmware. That way
> > > the default behavior can be overridden in either case. See below...
> >
> > Sure.. that works... Is there an ETA for these two changes?
> 
> I don't quite follow how the firmware change is supposed to work... The 
> firmware is currently supposed to be a noarch package, and it gets built in 
> the same pass as the kernel-docs sub-package, so it *shouldn't* be built in 
> the same pass as the kernel. Is this flag to simply override that and build 
> the firmware as an arch-specific package for simplified one-off builds?
> 

You bring up a pretty good point here Jarod, what happens with firmware
for arch-specific drivers? The Makefile rules will have to be written in
such a way that it gets built into the package despite the CONFIG_*
symbol being unset on the build arch.

r, Kyle