commit: d246dd1830367ece9a18c786b317a1705882be83
Author: Nowa Ammerlaan <nowa <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 18 17:00:56 2026 +0000
Commit: Nowa Ammerlaan <nowa <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Feb 18 17:01:39 2026 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d246dd18
sys-kernel/linux-firmware: better define what dist-kernel does here
Signed-off-by: Nowa Ammerlaan <nowa <AT> gentoo.org>
sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml
b/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml
index 88808e9513d8..4b94f53cfe16 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
<flag name="compress-xz">Compress firmware using xz
(<pkg>app-arch/xz-utils</pkg>) before installation</flag>
<flag name="compress-zstd">Compress firmware using zstd
(<pkg>app-arch/zstd</pkg>) before installation</flag>
<flag name="deduplicate">Create symlinks for all firmware that is
duplicate using rdfind</flag>
+ <flag name="dist-kernel">Delegate microcode initramfs generation to
<pkg>sys-kernel/installkernel</pkg></flag>
<flag name="initramfs">Create and install initramfs for early microcode
loading in /boot (only AMD for now)</flag>
<flag name="redistributable">Install also non-free (but
redistributable) firmware files</flag>
<flag name="savedconfig">Allows individual selection of firmware
files</flag>
