linux supports loading zstd-compressed firmware since version 5.19.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f238d9fa4750bf7f89ed1fcb78546fae15b6f032 commit f238d9fa4750bf7f89ed1fcb78546fae15b6f032 Author: Alexander Tsoy <alexander@tsoy.me> AuthorDate: 2023-03-06 20:43:14 +0000 Commit: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-12 15:36:43 +0000 sys-kernel/linux-firmware: add option to compress with zstd With compression level 15 zstd is still much faster than xz and allows to save some space compared to default level 3: * uncompressed: 872M * zstd: 412M * zstd (-15): 400M * xz: 364M Also some fixes: * do not rename symlinks pointing to directories * add missing build-time dependencies * call linux_config_exists before doing kernel config checks Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/899958 Signed-off-by: Alexander Tsoy <alexander@tsoy.me> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/29963 Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> .../linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild | 58 +++++++++++++++++----- sys-kernel/linux-firmware/metadata.xml | 2 + 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1a6415e74760374e09b3971adc32b222e42c6789 commit 1a6415e74760374e09b3971adc32b222e42c6789 Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-12 19:08:32 +0000 Commit: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-12 19:08:32 +0000 sys-kernel/linux-firmware: add option to compress with zstd Thanks to Alexander Tsoy Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/899958 Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> .../linux-firmware-20230310-r1.ebuild | 407 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 407 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=624ae2809186f915f6cd343daf719ab382141e51 commit 624ae2809186f915f6cd343daf719ab382141e51 Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-18 14:57:13 +0000 Commit: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-18 14:57:13 +0000 sys-kernel/linux-firmware: fix kernel config checking Remove the ! linux_config_exists check because the function will always fail when /proc/config.gz support is not enabled because KV_OUT_DIR needed by linux_config_src_exists is not populated yet die if USE=compress-zstd is set with an unsupported kernel Thanks to xxc3nsoredxx Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/899958 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/30148 Author: xxc2ensoredxx Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> .../linux-firmware-20230310-r2.ebuild | 403 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 403 insertions(+) Additionally, it has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b5f6b85b5d1516749d2a310746b6b460de266d30 commit b5f6b85b5d1516749d2a310746b6b460de266d30 Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-18 14:51:03 +0000 Commit: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-18 14:51:03 +0000 sys-kernel/linux-firmware: fix kernel config checking for -99999999 Remove the ! linux_config_exists check because the function will always fail when /proc/config.gz support is not enabled because KV_OUT_DIR needed by linux_config_src_exists is not populated yet die if USE=compress-zstd is set with an unsupported kernel Thanks to xxc3nsoredxx Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/899958 Author: xxc2ensoredxx Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> .../linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild | 22 +++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
