FS#60568 - [linux-firmware] Split Netronome firmware into a separate package

Attached to Project: 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
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

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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Closed by  Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 19:23 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement

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