Ubuntu firmware - the new security update brought a 500MB(!) Linux firmware update! WTF!

Does firmware mean something different from what I think -- stuff that runs on some microcontroller subsystem?

=> Posted in: s/Linux | 🚀 stack

Jan 24 · 7 days ago

5 Comments ↓

=> 🐐 Singletona082 · Jan 24 at 23:41:

I have no answers. only confusion

=> 👻 darkghost · Jan 25 at 00:00:

The only thing I can think is it's not literal firmware but emulated firmware. Even so that's extremely big.

=> 🚀 stack [OP] · Jan 25 at 05:32:

look at /lib/firmware and weep

=> 👻 darkghost · Jan 25 at 13:10:

WTF. Are they just shipping every possible firmware?

=> 🦋 CarloMonte · Jan 26 at 11:43:

well, other non-Debian systems might have smaller packages...