Hello Seth, or anyone else affected, Accepted linux-firmware into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- firmware/1.173.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Description changed: SRU Justification Impact: A 4.18-based hwe kernel has been introduced into bionic. However some of the firmware files it requires are missing from bionic's linux- firmware, rendering the relevant hardware inoperable. Fix: Add the missing firmware files. Regression Potential: Most of these files will not be used by the - existing kernels in xenial. A few may be, and while regressions are not + existing kernels in bionic. A few may be, and while regressions are not expected it's possible that new firmware versions might introduce regressions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808528 Title: Update linux-firmware in bionic for 18.10 hwe kernel Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-firmware source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: A 4.18-based hwe kernel has been introduced into bionic. However some of the firmware files it requires are missing from bionic's linux-firmware, rendering the relevant hardware inoperable. Fix: Add the missing firmware files. Regression Potential: Most of these files will not be used by the existing kernels in bionic. A few may be, and while regressions are not expected it's possible that new firmware versions might introduce regressions. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1808528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
