Hi Dan, On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 12:16:02PM +0200, Dan Horák wrote: > On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 12:00:30 +0200 > Matthias Weckbecker <matthias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > the linux-firmware package has recently added a requires in its spec for > > a bunch of other firmware packages: atheros-firmware, brcmfmac-firmware, > > mt7xxx-firmware, and realtek-firmware. > > > > Is this intentional? I don't have hardware in my computer that requires > > the atheros firmware. It makes me slightly uneasy to install those blobs > > if I don't absolutely have to. > > the new subpackages are the way how to leave the unneeded firmwares out, > similar to what was done for the GPU firmware earlier. There is nothing > new installed on your system, all files have been part of the main > linux-firmware rpm until now. To keep the upgrade path working the new > subpackages are "Requires" for F <= 38, but only "Recommends" for > F >= 39, see > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/c/be92a95e169422f1108bce0aee70ed96fc26fb0b?branch=rawhide > for details. > thank you! That's exactly what I was hoping for. I vaguely remember that something similar was done with gpu firmware packages in the past. Matthias > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
