On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 09:48:11PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:52:52AM +1000, matthew green wrote: > > > Deprecate /usr/libdata/firmware. > > > > FWIW, the separation was on purpose. > > > > /libdata/firmware should be for things that are needed during > > early boot only (eg, firmware that runs between mountroot and > > init, such as GPU firmware), or network drivers one would use > > to mount /usr over the network. one could argue that this > > driver matches and there's a dozen or more other drivers here > > so i'm not asking for a revert (and i hope no one is running > > /usr over wifi!), but /usr/libdata/firmware could come back > > in the future.. > > Besides the "needed early for boot" qualifier, we should also try to > keep the size of the root partition small. Many systems have firmware > that can only boot from restricted sized partitions and if you are not > going for a separate /boot the traditional setup is size restricted / > plus separately mounted /usr. > > Luckily none of those systems is likely going to need this wifi firmware ;-) > > Martin
It's bluetooth firmware, FWIW.