This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.140ubuntu8
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initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu8) jammy; urgency=medium
* Cherry-pick merge request !26 to support xz compressed
firmware. Uncompressed firmware is preffered, with a fallback to use
compressed firmware files. LP: #1942260
* Cherry-pick merge request !51 to decompress compressed kernel modules
for boot speed performance. LP: #1932329
* Cherry-pick partially merge request !50 to fix ftbfs with new
shellcheck.
* Fix shellcheck issues in ubuntu patches.
-- Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.led...@canonical.com> Tue, 19 Oct 2021
11:49:38 +0100
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942260
Title:
compress firmware in /lib/firmware
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in linux-firmware-raspi2 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Some facts:
- The linux kernel has supported loading xz compressed firmware since 5.3
- The size of /lib/firmware in impish is ~650Mb (and growing)
- The compressed size of firmware could be ~230Mb
It would be nice to install compressed firmware to save space.
Here are the plans from the Fedora project:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CompressKernelFirmware
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