Public bug reported:

[Impact]

Some firmware files are missing for the 5.8 hwe kernel in focal, which
may cause some hardware supported by that kernel to fail to function or
to function incorrectly. These files are added to both to the linux-
firmware package and the nic-firmware udeb.

[Test Case]

Confirm that the new files are present in the linux-firmware deb and the
nic-firmware udeb.

[Where problems could occur]

Most of these files are not used by the existing focal kernels and
should not cause any problems aside from occupying disk space. A handful
of the files might have been introduced to the linux-firmware package
between focal and groovy and could be used by the existing focal kernel,
and these have a potential to introduce regressions for users with
hardware which uses that firmware. Also, users which have manually added
any of these firmware files to their systems may encounter issues when
upgrading.

** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee)
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee)
         Status: In Progress

** Also affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Seth Forshee (sforshee)

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Invalid

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Title:
  Update linux-firmware in focal for 5.8 hwe kernel

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