Public bug reported: Some facts: - The linux kernel has supported loading xz compressed firmware since 5.3 - The size of /lib/firmware in impish is ~650Mb (and growing) - The compressed size of firmware could be ~230Mb
It would be nice to install compressed firmware to save space. Here are the plans from the Fedora project: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CompressKernelFirmware ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1942260 Title: compress firmware in /lib/firmware Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Some facts: - The linux kernel has supported loading xz compressed firmware since 5.3 - The size of /lib/firmware in impish is ~650Mb (and growing) - The compressed size of firmware could be ~230Mb It would be nice to install compressed firmware to save space. Here are the plans from the Fedora project: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CompressKernelFirmware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1942260/+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