genkernel.conf: update & clarify comments regarding FIRMWARE_* behavior

Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <[email protected]>
robbat2 · Mar 8, 2019 · d547aa0 · d547aa0
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diff --git a/genkernel.conf b/genkernel.conf
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ USECOLOR="yes"
 #FIRMWARE="no"
 # Specify directory to pull from
 #FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
-# Specify specific firmware files to include. This overrides FIRMWARE_DIR
+# Specify firmware files to include, relative to FIRMWARE_DIR.  If empty or
+# unset, the full contents of FIRMWARE_DIR will be copied recursively.
 #FIRMWARE_FILES=""
 
 # Enable disklabel support (copies blkid to initrd)