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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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1907158
Title:
Update linux-firmware in focal for 5.8 hwe kernel
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux-firmware source package in Focal:
In Progress
Bug description:
[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.
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