In case "this" refers to compressing the firmware files with zstd, this
change does not fit the requirements for a SRU: See
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/explanation/requirements/
and
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/sru/en/latest/reference/requirements/
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This was fixed with version 11 of linux-firmware-raspi in noble; I don't
see a great deal of point in expending the effort to backport this to
mantic, however, so I'll set that to invalid.
** Changed in: linux-firmware-raspi (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: linux-f
** Description changed:
+ -- initramfs-tools
+
+ [Impact]
+
+ * linux supports xz compressed linux-firmware which saves disk space.
+ In focal, initramfs-tools only knows how to included uncompressed
+ firmware files (even when kernel supports loading compressed ones).
+ Newer releases of linux
This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.140ubuntu8
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initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu8) jammy; urgency=medium
* Cherry-pick merge request !26 to support xz compressed
firmware. Uncompressed firmware is preffered, with a fallback to use
compressed firmware files.
** Also affects: linux-firmware-raspi2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942260
Title:
compress firmware in /lib/firmware
To manage
** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
compress firmware in /lib/firmware
To manage notif
