Enable compressed firmware support
configname: CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Generic Driver Options
└─>Firmware loader
└─>Enable compressed firmware support
In linux kernel since version 5.1 (release Date: 2019-05-05)
This option enables the support for loading compressed firmware
files. The caller of firmware API receives the decompressed file
content. The compressed file is loaded as a fallback, only after
loading the raw file failed at first.
Compressed firmware support does not apply to firmware images
that are built into the kernel image (CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE).
files. The caller of firmware API receives the decompressed file
content. The compressed file is loaded as a fallback, only after
loading the raw file failed at first.
Compressed firmware support does not apply to firmware images
that are built into the kernel image (CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE).