On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:57 PM Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Linux_Firmware_Minimization > > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. > > == Summary == > Split linux-firmware into more subpackages, and add the ability to > automatically install firmware based on the hardware present > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:Salimma|Michel Alexandre Salim]], > [[User:Dcavalca|Davide Cavalca]] > * Email: mic...@fb.com, dcava...@fb.com > > > == Detailed Description == > The `linux-firmware` RPM is very large (175M src.rpm, 287M > *.noarch.rpm per 20211027-126) that bundles most of the system > firmware loaded by the kernel, regardless of whether it’s actually > needed. Some additional firmwares are already split up into individual > subpackages. This change would extend that, splitting out most firmare > into appropriate subpackages. The Change would also make the > subpackages `Supplements` the appropriate `modalias(...)` for the > hardware they support and `Provides` > `firmware(kmodname/firmwarefile.bin)` > > Candidates for splitting out: > * CPU firmwares > * GPU firmwares > * Non-Intel wifi firmwares > * Bluetooth firmwares > > Conversely some firmware could probably be grouped together, e.g. have > iwlwifi-firmware that pulls in iwl*-firmware (corresponding to > openSUSE's kernel-firmware-iwlwifi). > > We will also introduce `linux-firmware-all` that will pull in all > subpackages; this will make it easier to manage the firmware packages > in different Fedora variants. > > A DNF plugin will be written to make use of the `Supplements` metadata > to automatically install the appropriate firmware packages based on > the hardware present on the system (see openSUSE's `libzypp`: > https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/blob/a34d857dbe3b16d4a7e0219cd213cc5a87966538/zypp/target/modalias/Modalias.cc > and > https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/blob/7f345ea4892fd02345e8de47c2a08ab5b174650b/doc/autoinclude/Modalias.doc) > > == Feedback == > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > This would save a lot of disk space on Fedora installations, and make > it easier to test individual firmware updates by replacing a single > subpackage. It will also bring us into alignment with openSUSE (see > their > [https://code.opensuse.org/package/kernel-firmware/blob/master/f/kernel-firmware.spec > kernel-firmware.spec]). >
This is sorely needed, and I'm really looking forward to this being implemented! -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
