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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2018-04-04 16:11:49 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2018-04-04 16:11:49 -0700
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@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ options:
* CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE
* CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR
-This should not be confused with CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL, this is for drivers
-which enables firmware to be built as part of the kernel build process. This
-option, CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL, will build all firmware for all drivers
-enabled which ship its firmware inside the Linux kernel source tree.
-
There are a few reasons why you might want to consider building your firmware
-into the kernel with CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE though:
+into the kernel with CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE:
* Speed
* Firmware is needed for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't