Starting with version 4.14, the whole firmware tree has been dropped
from the kernel:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b38923a068c10fc36ca8f596d650d095ce390b85
Therefore including "linux-firmware" in LICENSE is no longer accurate.
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/677756
Reviewed-by: Mike Pagano
Reviewed-by: Alice Ferrazzi
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller
---
eclass/kernel-2.eclass | 11 ++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/eclass/kernel-2.eclass b/eclass/kernel-2.eclass
index 48146b7284b9..edbb4a8584d4 100644
--- a/eclass/kernel-2.eclass
+++ b/eclass/kernel-2.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# @ECLASS: kernel-2.eclass
@@ -624,8 +624,9 @@ if [[ ${ETYPE} == sources ]]; then
IUSE="${IUSE} deblob"
# Reflect that kernels contain firmware blobs unless
otherwise
- # stripped
- LICENSE="${LICENSE} !deblob? ( linux-firmware )"
+ # stripped. Starting with version 4.14, the whole
firmware
+ # tree has been dropped from the kernel.
+ kernel_is lt 4 14 && LICENSE+=" !deblob? (
linux-firmware )"
DEPEND+=" deblob? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
@@ -654,10 +655,10 @@ if [[ ${ETYPE} == sources ]]; then
${DEBLOB_URI}
${DEBLOB_CHECK_URI}
)"
- else
+ elif kernel_is lt 4 14; then
# We have no way to deblob older kernels, so just mark
them as
# tainted with non-libre materials.
- LICENSE="${LICENSE} linux-firmware"
+ LICENSE+=" linux-firmware"
fi
fi
--
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