split some large, lesser-used firmware files into -extra package
Bug #1958518 reported by
Rolf Leggewie
This bug affects 9 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-firmware (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Juerg Haefliger | ||
Jammy |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Juerg Haefliger |
Bug Description
The linux-image-generic package depends on linux-firmware which is over half a gigabyte in size installed. I will assume that quite many people do not have netronome hardware which weighs in at almost 150MB of that. I kindly suggest to put such large firmware for less common hardware into its own linux-firmware-
Comments?
I'm willing to help with the packaging provided that the changes have a chance to land.
tags: | added: kern-2009 |
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Why is the size problematic? And how do you define less common HW? Where do you draw the line? Some HW might not be common for you but is for others. I'm sympathetic to the request but it's not trivial to find the right balance without upsetting/breaking existing users.