Target keywords: amd64 ppc sparc x86 Compile-test only unless you happen to have the exact right hardware to use the firmware.
ppc stable
Stable for sparc. The firmware installs just fine in /lib/firmware. And I do have disks which need it. Unfortunately, they need it at boot time, at which time that directory is not available (kernel needs the firmware loaded in order to mount anything). And kernel does not build in the firmware from /lib/firmware (the specific kernel I am running has the firmware built in as a huge array).
x86 stable
amd64 done.
It's already done on amd64 and release.