Description of problem: Well, did you ever have a look to /etc/firmware? If yes, you noticed, that except the microcode update nothing is there and the directory /etc/firmware itself isn't owned by any package. I would suggest moving of /etc/firmware to /lib/firmware. Both is available at booting time, but /lib/firmware looks more suitable to me, because kernel driver requiring firmware (like ipw2200, bcm43xx, prism54 etc.) are loading their stuff from there. And yes, I know that it doesn't use the exact same infrastructure, but it would make more sense in my eyes to group them - same opinion returned from Bill Nottingham, yesterday in IRC. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): microcode_ctl-1.13-1.30 How reproducible: ls -l /etc/firmware rpm -qf /etc/firmware Actual results: A /etc/firmware directory only for one microcode_ctl file and the rest of the world is putting its firmware files into /lib/firmware. Expected results: Merge /etc/firmware into /lib/firmware. Additional info: Patches containing this expected change are attached, but they also clean up the spec file a bit... ;-)
Created attachment 130023 [details] Diff of microcode_ctl spec files
Created attachment 130024 [details] Updated microcode_ctl patch
Created attachment 130025 [details] Diff of microcode_ctl init files
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Jon - still alive? Could you please fix this bug report soon? Thanks...
The two directories are not really doing the same thing - this package handles microcode, not the same kind of firmware that the kernel is looking for. But I do get the point, we do patch microcode_ctl to change the location and that is open for some debate. I haven't forgotten about this issue, just I'm not sure what the best thing to do is just yet - I'll talk to davej/others a little for comments about why it became /etc/firmware in the first place so I know the history.
Okay. And when it's /etc/firmware further on, then please OWN the stuff your package delivers (otherwise request filesystem package to add the /etc/firmware directory), please... ;-)
I don't really have an opinion on where it comes from, as long as it works.
Common, please :)
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Sorry. I've added this to my TODO and will get it fixed. Jon.
Will we get this into F8?
Didn't even know this bug existed, but when doing some microcode_ctl work a week or two ago, I actually moved microcode.dat to /lib/firmware in rawhide.