On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:17:23PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > Is there any graceful way to handle the elimination of unwanted > linux-firmware blobs when doing an update? > > I believe I understand the process as outlined at > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Linux_firmware: > > 1. install/upgrade sys-kernel/linux-firmware > 2. edit /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware-ddmmyyyy > 3. re-emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware with the savedcofnig USE flag > > I've tried that a few times, but it's rather annoying to have to do > that every time linux-firmware gets updated. > > AFAICT, the list of three or four blobs that I actually need on a > specific machine never changes. > > It seems like there ought to be a way to configure that required > firmware list and have the emerge -u "just work", but I can't find > it. Have I missed something? > > Yes, I know... > Disk space is cheap. > Premature optimization ... > etc. > > It still annoys me. > > -- > Grant
Save your firmware list in /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware That's it. -- Best regards, Vitaliy Perekhovy
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