On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:30 PM Tobias Powalowski via arch-dev-public < arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi guys, > lately did a lot of archboot hacking and stumbled over our firmware > package. > It needs installed 750 MB, download size is 130 MB. > I tried to get it smaller and uploaded the archboot-linux-firmware package > for my purposes. > Our linux kernel needs only 180 MB installed size, download size is about > 37 MB. > Wouldn't it make sense to provide for each kernel we ship, a separate > firmware package? > Just my 2 cwnts, > greetings > tpowa > The method used there wouldn't produce a usable firmware package for me. For example, `modinfo -F firmware iwlwifi` lists `iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-64.ucode` but linux-firmware does not contain that file. The driver will fall back to the next lower version, `iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-63.ucode`, which is in linux-firmware but not in the modinfo output. I think the best we can do is split some of the more obscure vendors that have large firmware sets, like Netronome, Qualcomm, Mellanox, Marvell, Cavium, QLogic and NXP.
