On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefli...@canonical.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > linux-firmware is ever growing and I'd like to entertain the thought of > splitting it up. Not as fine grained as Debian but only split out the bigger > GPU blobs (for now): > > - linux-firmware (provides the bulk of the blobs) > - linux-<vendor>-graphics (similar to Debian, provides vendor specific > graphics related firmwares) > > This obviously can't break users so I'm trying to understand which pieces > need to be updated for seamless release upgrades and new installations. I > think this means that we need to detect what's in the system and install the > relevant linux-<vendor>-graphics package(s). Is this ubuntu-release-upgrader? > subiquity? ubuntu-drivers? All of them? Anything else? > > Image generation and seeds would probably be affected by this as well. > > Does anyone see any (other) issues with this? >
I think it's a good idea, but from my experience, you'll probably want a metapackage that pulls everything in so install media and live media can include them. That *might* negate some of the benefits, depending on how you look at it. -- Neal Gompa (FAS: ngompa) -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
