Bug #2019072 “600+ duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist....” : Bionic (18.04) : Bugs : linux-firmware package : Ubuntu

Juerg Haefliger (juergh) on 2023-05-11

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Juerg Haefliger (juergh) wrote on 2023-05-11:

#1

Current /lib/firmware disk usage for different series:
326M bionic
695M focal
914M jammy
879M lunar

After replacing duplicates with symlinks:
309M bionic
663M focal
878M jammy
843M lunar

Even for Bionic we can shave off almost 20MB, so nominating for all series.

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic):
status:	New → Triaged
assignee:	nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal):
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Lunar):
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Mantic):
status:	New → Triaged
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal):
assignee:	nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
assignee:	nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Lunar):
assignee:	nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Mantic):
assignee:	nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2023-07-01:

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This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 20230629.gitee91452d-0ubuntu1

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linux-firmware (20230629.gitee91452d-0ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - SAUCE: Remove RTL8192E from WHENCE.ubuntu
    - [Packaging] build-package: Add --clean commandline option
    - [Packaging] close-release: Always append version suffix
    - [Packaging] close-release: Fix tag name and commit subject
    - [Packaging] tag-release: Handle '~' in package versions
    - [Packaging] Rework the packaging process
    - [Packaging] config: Clean up exclude.obsolete
    - [Packaging] rules: Use explicit top-level rules
    - Rebase to upstream commit ee91452dac5abfc4c5b9827cf55e701d8c0ca678
      Rebase against git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
      - rtw88: 8822c: Update normal firmware to v9.9.15
      - amdgpu: Add GC 11.0.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update DCN 3.1.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update GC 11.0.1 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update PSP 13.0.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Add PSP 13.0.11 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update SDMA 6.0.1 firmware
      - iwlwifi: update 9000-family firmwares to core78-32
      - iwlwifi: add new FWs from core78-32 release
      - linux-firmware: Amphion: Update vpu firmware
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7922)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7922 WiFi device
      - nvidia: update Tu10x and Tu11x signed firmware to support newer Turing HW
      - ath10k: QCA4019 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA6174 hw3.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA9888 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA9984 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA99X0 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ6018 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ6018 hw1.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: IPQ8074 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ8074 hw2.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: QCN9074 hw1.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: WCN6750 hw1.0: update to WLAN.MSL.1.0.1-01160-QCAMSLSWPLZ-1
      - ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - rtw89: 8852c: update fw to v0.27.56.13
      - rtw89: 8852b: update format-1 fw to v0.29.29.1
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7916
      - linux-firmware: Add firmware for Cirrus CS35L41 on Lenovo Laptops
      - linux-firmware: update qat firmware
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device
      - linux-firmware: add firmware for MT7981
      - linux-firmware: Update AMD cpu microcode
      - rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B
      - mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek
      - qca: Update firmware files for BT chip WCN6750
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7981
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX210
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX211
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX211
      ...

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 20230629.gitee91452d-0ubuntu1

---------------
linux-firmware (20230629.gitee91452d-0ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

* Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - SAUCE: Remove RTL8192E from WHENCE.ubuntu
    - [Packaging] build-package: Add --clean commandline option
    - [Packaging] close-release: Always append version suffix
    - [Packaging] close-release: Fix tag name and commit subject
    - [Packaging] tag-release: Handle '~' in package versions
    - [Packaging] Rework the packaging process
    - [Packaging] config: Clean up exclude.obsolete
    - [Packaging] rules: Use explicit top-level rules
    - Rebase to upstream commit ee91452dac5abfc4c5b9827cf55e701d8c0ca678
      Rebase against git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
      - rtw88: 8822c: Update normal firmware to v9.9.15
      - amdgpu: Add GC 11.0.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update DCN 3.1.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update GC 11.0.1 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update PSP 13.0.4 firmware
      - amdgpu: Add PSP 13.0.11 firmware
      - amdgpu: Update SDMA 6.0.1 firmware
      - iwlwifi: update 9000-family firmwares to core78-32
      - iwlwifi: add new FWs from core78-32 release
      - linux-firmware: Amphion: Update vpu firmware
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7922)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7922 WiFi device
      - nvidia: update Tu10x and Tu11x signed firmware to support newer Turing HW
      - ath10k: QCA4019 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA6174 hw3.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA9888 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA9984 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath10k: QCA99X0 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ6018 hw1.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ6018 hw1.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: IPQ8074 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - ath11k: IPQ8074 hw2.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: QCN9074 hw1.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
      - ath11k: WCN6750 hw1.0: update to WLAN.MSL.1.0.1-01160-QCAMSLSWPLZ-1
      - ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
      - rtw89: 8852c: update fw to v0.27.56.13
      - rtw89: 8852b: update format-1 fw to v0.29.29.1
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7916
      - linux-firmware: Add firmware for Cirrus CS35L41 on Lenovo Laptops
      - linux-firmware: update qat firmware
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device
      - linux-firmware: add firmware for MT7981
      - linux-firmware: Update AMD cpu microcode
      - rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B
      - mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek
      - qca: Update firmware files for BT chip WCN6750
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7981
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX210
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX211
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX211
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX203
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX203
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX201
      - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX200
      - rtl_nic: update firmware of USB devices
      - Group all Conexant V4L devices together
      - rtl_bt: Update RTL8761B BT UART firmware to 0x9DC6_D922
      - rtl_bt: Update RTL8761B BT USB firmware to 0xDFC6_D922
      - rtl_bt: Update RTL8852B BT USB firmware to 0xDBC6_B20F
      - amdgpu: update DCN 3.1.6 DMCUB firmware
      - i915: Add GuC v70.6.6 for MTL
      - WHENCE: comment out duplicate MediaTek firmware
      - check_whence: error on duplicate file entries
      - check_whence: error on directory listed as File
      - cxgb4: Update firmware to revision 1.27.3.0
      - cirrus: Add firmware and tuning files for Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
      - cnm: update chips&media wave521c firmware.
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7922 WiFi device
      - WHENCE: Cleanup Realtek BT firmware provenance
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7922)
      - cirrus: Add firmware and tuning files for HP G10 series laptops
      - rtlwifi: Update firmware for RTL8188EU to v28.0
      - rtlwifi: Add firmware v6.0 for RTL8192FU
      - ice: update ice DDP comms package to 1.3.40.0
      - amdgpu: DMCUB updates for various AMDGPU asics
      - amdgpu: update aldebaran firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update sienna cichlid firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update navy flounder firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 10.3.6 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update psp 13.0.5 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update vcn 3.1.2 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update arcturus firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update dimgrey cavefish firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update beige goby firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update green sardine firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.0 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update PSP 13.0.0 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update SMU 13.0.0 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update VCN 4.0.0 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update renoir firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.2 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update PSP 13.0.7 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update SMU 13.0.7 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update VCN 4.0.4 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update vangogh firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 10.3.7 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update 13.0.8 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.1 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update PSP 13.0.4 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update SDMA 6.0.1 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.4 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update PSP 13.0.11 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update vega10 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update navi10 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update vega12 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update vega20 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update navi12 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update navi14 firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - amdgpu: update yellow carp firmware for amd.5.5 release
      - rtw89: 8851b: add firmware v0.29.41.0
      - amdgpu: Update GC 11.0.1 and 11.0.4
      - brcm: Add symlinks from Pine64 devices to AW-CM256SM.txt
      - cirrus: Add firmware for new Asus ROG Laptops
      - qcom: apq8016: add Dragonboard 410c WiFi and modem firmware
      - mediatek: Update mt8195 SCP firmware to support hevc
      - i915: Add HuC v8.5.0 for MTL
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7922)
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device
      - linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7922 WiFi device
      - amdgpu: DMCUB updates for various AMDGPU asics
      - rtl_bt: Update RTL8852C BT USB firmware to 0x040D_7225
      - rtl_bt: Update RTL8852A BT USB firmware to 0xDAC7_480D
      - qcom: sdm845: update remoteproc firmware
      - qcom: sdm845: rename the modem firmware
      - qcom: Update the microcode files for Adreno a630 GPUs.
      - fix broken cirrus firmware symlinks
      - amdgpu: update DMCUB to v0.0.172.0 for various AMDGPU ASICs
      - amdgpu: DMCUB updates for DCN 3.1.4 and 3.1.5
      - ice: update ice DDP wireless_edge package to 1.3.10.0
      - linux-firmware: wilc1000: update WILC1000 firmware to v16.0
      - check_whence: strip quotation marks
      - check_whence: error if File: is actually a link
      - check_whence: error if symlinks are in-tree
      - copy-firmware: quote deskdir and dirname
      - copy-firmware: tweak sed invocation
      - copy-firmware: drop obsolete backticks, quote
      - copy-firmware: silence the last shellcheck warnings
      - Makefile, copy-firmware: support xz/zstd compressed firmware
  * Make arch specific linux-firmware (LP: #1967858)
    - [Packaging] Switch to per-arch packaging
    - [Packaging] config: Add per-arch firmware exclude files
    - [Packaging] config: Clean up per-arch firmware exclude files
  * 600+ duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist. (LP: #2019072)
    - [Packaging] Replace duplicate firmware files with symlinks
  * Remove obsolete iwlwifi firmware (LP: #2025360)
    - [Packaging] Remove some obsolete iwlwifi firmware

-- Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@canonical.com>  Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:16:46 +0200

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Mantic):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

wontfix (wontfix) on 2023-07-19

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600+ duplicate or duplicated firmware files exist.

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	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Linux Firmware	New	Undecided	Unassigned
linux-firmware (Ubuntu)	Status tracked in Mantic
Bionic	Triaged	Undecided	Juerg Haefliger
Focal	Triaged	Undecided	Juerg Haefliger
Jammy	Triaged	Undecided	Juerg Haefliger
Lunar	Triaged	Undecided	Juerg Haefliger
Mantic	Fix Released	Undecided	Juerg Haefliger

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