FS#60568 - [linux-firmware] Split Netronome firmware into a separate package
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Arch Linux
Opened by Dragoon Aethis (DragoonAethis) - Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:05 GMT
Last edited by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:23 GMT
Opened by Dragoon Aethis (DragoonAethis) - Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:05 GMT
Last edited by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:23 GMT
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Details
Upgrade from linux-firmware 20180825.fea76a0-1 ->
20181018.d877533-1 bumped the package size by almost 115MB.
This is primarily due to the inclusion of new firmware for
Netronome SmartNICs (somewhat overkill network cards) -
these primarily target enterprise deployments and are
unlikely to be used on Arch. Extracting Netronome firmware
files into a separate package would drop the default
installation size by about 100MB. Similar treatment could be
given to Marvell/Cavium's LiquidIO (also enterprise
SmartNICs, 25MB) and QLogic Ethernet (server Ethernet
adapters, 16MB - these can be occasionally found in tower
servers used by small businesses and such).
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This task depends upon
Closed by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:23 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:23 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement