[Bug 1942260] Re: compress firmware in /lib/firmware

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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. LP: #1942260
  * Cherry-pick merge request !51 to decompress compressed kernel modules
    for boot speed performance. LP: #1932329
  * Cherry-pick partially merge request !50 to fix ftbfs with new
    shellcheck.
  * Fix shellcheck issues in ubuntu patches.

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com>  Tue, 19 Oct 2021
11:49:38 +0100

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  compress firmware in /lib/firmware

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-firmware-raspi2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Some facts:
   - The linux kernel has supported loading xz compressed firmware since 5.3
   - The size of /lib/firmware in impish is ~650Mb (and growing)
   - The compressed size of firmware could be ~230Mb

  It would be nice to install compressed firmware to save space.

  Here are the plans from the Fedora project:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CompressKernelFirmware

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