On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM Juerg Haefliger via ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> wrote: > > All, > > Now that the linux-firmware split has landed in Noble, I'd like to tackle the > next firmware issue: HWE backports. I like the general approach of matching firmware to kernels to ensure each kernel has a compatible set. The first thought/concern (we chatted but you might outline your answers here) is that I'd be afraid that the firmware is mostly blobs. So when you split in linux-firmware[-hwe], you might end up: 1. linux-firmware-hwe gets all the updates. Because isolating changes from blobs isn't reasonable, linux-firmware stays as-is and starts to age and rot 2. On top of #1, every some months security might say "but we need version X for a CVE, blobs have no patches to isolate which blocks us from backporting so we bump it" and thereby forces to update the linux-firmware packges to the latest (in which case the problem you originally wanted to solve is happening again) Perhaps the firmware isn't as blob-heavy as I assumed? How/Why do you think this scenario would not happen? > Thanks > ..Juerg > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- Christian Ehrhardt Director of Engineering, Ubuntu Server Canonical Ltd -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
