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Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware
Date 2015-11-15 13:00 +0100
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On Sun, 2015-11-15 at 11:49 +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.120
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Please apply the attached patch, see its commit message for details.
[...]

This is not about adding firmware, it is adding modules (and the
firmware they refer to).  This will increase the initramfs size
substantially and is not needed on most systems.

> This is necessary to include files such as
> /lib/firmware/i915/skl_dmc_ver1.bin and others (shipped in the
> firmware-misc-nonfree package), which are necessary to properly
> initialize the graphics output in early boot.

Presumably there are some systems that need this.  But most do not.
Maybe the installer should detect those and add the appropriate drivers
to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
                                                           - Albert Einstein

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Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 12:00 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2015-11-15 13:00 +0100
  Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 13:00 +0100
    Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 13:10 +0100
      Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 14:40 +0100
        Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 14:50 +0100
          Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 19:50 +0100
            Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org> - 2015-11-15 21:50 +0100
              Bug#805151: [PATCH] Install GPU firmware Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-11-15 22:20 +0100
  Bug#805151: marked as done ([PATCH] Install GPU firmware) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-01-19 04:00 +0100

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