Hi David.

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> +extern struct builtin_fw __start_builtin_fw[];
> +extern struct builtin_fw __end_builtin_fw[];

Could have these in include/linux/sections.h where we
collect other linker symbols?

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> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> index f054778..8d71a40 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
>  		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_pci_fixups_resume) = .;		\
>  	}								\
>  									\
> +	/* Built-in firmware blobs */					\
> +	.builtin_fw        : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
> +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .;			\
> +		*(.builtin_fw)						\
> +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .;			\
> +	}								\
> +									\
Looks good.
But do we need the firmware after init?
In other owrds could it be inside a discard after init block?


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> +
> +#define DECLARE_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE_SIZE(name, blob, size)			     \
> +	static const struct builtin_fw __fw_concat(__builtin_fw,__COUNTER__) \
> +	__used __attribute__((__section__(".builtin_fw"))) =		     \

Use __section():

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> +	__used __section(.builtin_fw))) =		     \
(See compiler.h IIRC).

	Sam
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