Firmware removal patch for 4.14-rc1

Many many years ago (at the kernel summit in Boston), we all came to the
 agreement that the firmware/ tree should be dropped from the kernel, and
 everyone use the linux-firmware package instead.  For some minor reason,
 David Woodhouse didn't send the pull request at that point in time, and
 everyone forgot about this.
 
 The topic came up in the hallway track at the Plumbers conference this
 week, so here's a single patch that drops the whole firmware tree.  The
 last firmware update was back in 2013, and all distros have been using
 linux-firmware instead since at least that year, if not before.  The
 only commits to that directory since 2013 was some kbuild fixups for
 various build tool issues.
 
 So lets finally drop this, we don't need to lug them around in the
 kernel source tree anymore, especially as no one wants or uses them.
 
 This has passed build testing with 0-day, I don't think it made it into
 linux-next this week, but I figured it was good to get in before
 4.14-rc1 was out.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'firmware_removal-4.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull firmware removal from Greg KH:
 "Many many years ago (at the kernel summit in Boston), we all came to
  the agreement that the firmware/ tree should be dropped from the
  kernel, and everyone use the linux-firmware package instead. For some
  minor reason, David Woodhouse didn't send the pull request at that
  point in time, and everyone forgot about this.

  The topic came up in the hallway track at the Plumbers conference this
  week, so here's a single patch that drops the whole firmware tree. The
  last firmware update was back in 2013, and all distros have been using
  linux-firmware instead since at least that year, if not before. The
  only commits to that directory since 2013 was some kbuild fixups for
  various build tool issues.

  So lets finally drop this, we don't need to lug them around in the
  kernel source tree anymore, especially as no one wants or uses them.

  This has passed build testing with 0-day, I don't think it made it
  into linux-next this week, but I figured it was good to get in before
  4.14-rc1 was out"

* tag 'firmware_removal-4.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  firmware: delete in-kernel firmware

scripts/Makefile.fwinst

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# ==========================================================================
-# Installing firmware
-#
-# We don't include the .config, so all firmware files are in $(fw-shipped-)
-# rather than in $(fw-shipped-y) or $(fw-shipped-m).
-# ==========================================================================
-
-INSTALL := install
-src := $(obj)
-
-# For modules_install installing firmware, we want to see .config
-# But for firmware_install, we don't care, but don't want to require it.
--include $(objtree)/.config
-
-include scripts/Kbuild.include
-include $(src)/Makefile
-
-include scripts/Makefile.host
-
-mod-fw := $(fw-shipped-m)
-# If CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't set, then install the
-# firmware for in-kernel drivers too.
-ifndef CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL
-mod-fw += $(fw-shipped-y)
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
-# Create output directory if not already present
-_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
-
-firmware-dirs := $(sort $(addprefix $(objtree)/$(obj)/,$(dir $(fw-external-y) $(fw-shipped-all))))
-# Create directories for firmware in subdirectories
-_dummy := $(foreach d,$(firmware-dirs), $(shell [ -d $(d) ] || mkdir -p $(d)))
-endif
-
-installed-mod-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(mod-fw))
-
-installed-fw := $(addprefix $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/,$(fw-shipped-all))
-
-quiet_cmd_install = INSTALL $(subst $(srctree)/,,$@)
-      cmd_install = mkdir -p $(@D); $(INSTALL) -m0644 $< $@
-
-$(installed-fw): $(INSTALL_FW_PATH)/%: $(obj)/%
-	$(call cmd,install)
-
-PHONY +=  __fw_install __fw_modinst FORCE
-
-.PHONY: $(PHONY)
-
-__fw_install: $(installed-fw)
-
-__fw_modinst: $(installed-mod-fw)
-	@:
-
-__fw_modbuild: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(mod-fw))
-	@:
-
-FORCE:
-
-# Read all saved command lines and dependencies for the $(targets) we
-# may be building using $(if_changed{,_dep}). As an optimization, we
-# don't need to read them if the target does not exist; we will rebuild
-# anyway in that case.
-
-targets := $(wildcard $(sort $(targets)))
-cmd_files := $(wildcard $(foreach f,$(targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd))
-
-ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
-  include $(cmd_files)
-endif