On Tue, 2020-09-29 at 16:29 -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CompressKernelFirmware > > == Summary == > Compress Kernel Firmwares to reduce on disk size > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:pbrobinson| Peter Robinson]] > * Email: [mailto:pbrobin...@fedoraproject.org| pbrobin...@fedoraproject.org] > > == Detailed Description == > > Since the linux 5.3 kernel there has been support for loading firmware > from xz compressed firmware. The upstream linux-firmware respository > is now over 900Mb, not including other kernel firmware that are in > Fedora but come from other sources. By compessing the firmware with > "xz -C crc32", the only option currently supported in the kernel, we > can reduce the ondisk size of the firmware by almost half. I wonder if this can also help make the boot isos and installation images smaller ? I'm sure they haver some firmware on them. Or alternatively we could reduce the potentially quite meintenance intensive firmware culling we do at the moment.
> > == Benefit to Fedora == > > Reduced on disk size of the firmware used by the kernel. > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: > ** Add support upstream to the linux-firmware copy-firmware script to > compess the firmware and create the symlinks to the compressed > firmware > ** Enable the upstream support in the Fedora linux-firmware package to > compress the firmware at build time > ** Enable compressing firmware in packages that contain firmware used > by the kernel: eg alsa-sof-firmware, atmel-firmware, zd1211-firmware > ** Enable the CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS kernel option (long complete) > * Other developers: > ** No impact > * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) > * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > > There should be no upgrade impact, the support was added to the > generic firmware loader interface in the kernel. > > == How To Test == > > Check devices that need firmware still work. Some devices that need > firmware include: > * GPU drivers such as nvidia, AMD and i915 > * Wireless drivers such as those from Intel, Broadcom/Cyprus, TI, > Qualcomm and Marvel > * Wired network interfaces > * Storage drivers > * USB controllers and drivers > > == User Experience == > > Generally users should notice little to no difference. > > == Dependencies == > N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > == Contingency Plan == > > * Contingency mechanism: Don't compress kernel firmware > * Contingency deadline: GA > * Blocks release? No. > * Blocks product? No. > > == Documentation == > N/A (not a System Wide Change) > > == Release Notes == > N/A > > > -- > Ben Cotton > He / Him / His > Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream > Red Hat > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > 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@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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@lists.fedoraproject.org
