Oh, curious that CONFIG_DELL_RBU depends on the userspace firmware helper (as a BIOS update sounds like the communication and request goes from userspace to kernel, not the other way around?).
Anyway, this isn't urgent at all, so if it's not appropriate at that time, please just close it. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575393 Title: Please disable long-obsolete CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The kernel has been able to load firmware by itself for several years now, and as a result the userspace loading of firmware got dropped in udev three years ago (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/be2ea723b1d0). But Ubuntu's kernels still enable CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y. This will cause 60 second delays, unless we explicitly signal the kernel back from userspace that we don't use an userspace helper (see /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules). This is a pointless and resource wasting no-op. Can we please disable this config option by default? After three years there's no sign of the userspace stuff ever coming back. It would also be high time to change the default upstream of course. Thanks! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1575393/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
