Public bug reported:
Over 600 duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist. Less than two
years ago it was 650~MB on disk. Three years ago it was 500~MB. Today it
hovers around 900MB.
find /lib/firmware/ ! -empty -type f -exec md5sum {} + | sort | uniq
-w32 -dD && du -sh /lib/firmware
** Affects: linux-firmware
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bloat firmware focal jammy lunar mantic
** Also affects: linux-firmware
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
600+ duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist.
Status in Linux Firmware:
New
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Over 600 duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist. Less than two
years ago it was 650~MB on disk. Three years ago it was 500~MB. Today
it hovers around 900MB.
find /lib/firmware/ ! -empty -type f -exec md5sum {} + | sort | uniq
-w32 -dD && du -sh /lib/firmware
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