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linux-firmware package

  1. Bug #557037
  2. Comment #23

Comment 23 for bug 557037

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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

SRU Justification:

Impact: The firmware is needed for users to be able to use the sound card. Without the firmware a user would have to go without device support or download the firmware from elsewhere.

How Addressed: Adding the firmware to the linux-firmware package fixes the issue.

Patch: Please see http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=cndougla/linux-firmware.git;a=commit;h=cf6291f0e49a854819df84b1b64f460dfdb97b86.

Reproduction: Boot with latest Lucid image on affected hardware. The sound card will not function.

Regression Potential: Practically zero as the firmware is new and does not overwrite existing files. The firmware will need to be removed from the alsa-firmware package maintained by Medibuntu when this is uploaded, but that's outside of the scope of Ubuntu.