Re: commit 0f0aefd733f7 to linux-firmware effectively broke all of the setups with old kernels
From: Peter Robinson <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-15 18:04:50
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Seems the commit 0f0aefd733f7 to linux-firmware effectively broke all of the setups with the old kernels. Firmware name is an ABI (!) and replacing it like this will definitely break systems with older kernels. Linux firmware package likely, but unfortunately, should carry on both versions as long as it's needed. Alternative solution is to provide the links during installation.
It does provide the links using the copy-firmware.sh and the details in WHENCE. The alternative is to leave firmwares in place with CVEs.