[Bug 1571506] Re: update-initramfs should include firmware from /lib/firmware/updates

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

@Qiang Yu

In Ubuntu, none of the linux-firmware packages ship anything in /updates
directly. /lib should only contain files managed by dpkg / installed
from the Ubuntu Archive. We ship all up to date firmware for all
devices.


I do not think it is reasonable to start supporting /updates directory, and thus suggesting that users drop-in firmware files there, which are not managed by dpkg.

Ubuntu, releases firmware updates for AMD hardware, if we are missing
any firmware updates for AMD, you can contact security at ubuntu.com

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  update-initramfs should include firmware from /lib/firmware/updates

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  according to the kernel doc
  http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/firmware_class/README

  Linux kernel will search firmware from
  "/lib/firmware/updates/" UTS_RELEASE,
  "/lib/firmware/updates",
  "/lib/firmware/" UTS_RELEASE,
  "/lib/firmware"

  But the add module function in initramfs-tools won't search the
  "/lib/firmware/updates".

  This problem applies to all Ubuntu releases.

  Attach patch to fix this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu4.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Apr 18 14:24:29 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-23 (725 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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