sys-kernel/linux-firmware (gentoo)

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Package Information

Homepage:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
License:
GPL-2 GPL-2+ GPL-3 BSD MIT || ( MPL-1.1 GPL-2 ) redistributable? ( linux-fw-redistributable BSD-2 BSD BSD-4 ISC MIT ) unknown-license? ( all-rights-reserved )

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
99999999 8 0
20260221 8 0
20260110 8 0
20251125_p20251229 8 0
20251125_p20251203 8 0
20251125_p20251202 8 0
20251125 8 0
20251111 8 0
20251021 8 0
20251011 8 0
20250917 8 0
20250808 8 0
20250708 8 0
20250627 8 0
20250613_p20250624 8 0
20250613-r1 8 0
20250410 8 0
20250311 8 0
20250211 8 0

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Rick Farina</name>
	</maintainer>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>kernel@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Kernel Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="compress-xz">Compress firmware using xz (<pkg>app-arch/xz-utils</pkg>) before installation</flag>
		<flag name="compress-zstd">Compress firmware using zstd (<pkg>app-arch/zstd</pkg>) before installation</flag>
		<flag name="deduplicate">Create symlinks for all firmware that is duplicate using rdfind</flag>
		<flag name="dist-kernel">Delegate microcode initramfs generation to <pkg>sys-kernel/installkernel</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="initramfs">Create and install initramfs for early microcode loading in /boot (only AMD for now)</flag>
		<flag name="redistributable">Install also non-free (but redistributable) firmware files</flag>
		<flag name="savedconfig">Allows individual selection of firmware files</flag>
		<flag name="unknown-license">Install firmware files whose license is unknown</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="gitlab">kernel-firmware/linux-firmware</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Flag Description 99999999 20260221 20260110 20251125_p20251229 20251125_p20251203 20251125_p20251202 20251125 20251111 20251021 20251011 20250917 20250808 20250708 20250627 20250613_p20250624 20250613-r1 20250410 20250311 20250211
bindist Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)
compress-xz Compress firmware using xz (<pkg>app-arch/xz-utils</pkg>) before installation
compress-zstd Compress firmware using zstd (<pkg>app-arch/zstd</pkg>) before installation
deduplicate Create symlinks for all firmware that is duplicate using rdfind
dist-kernel Delegate microcode initramfs generation to <pkg>sys-kernel/installkernel</pkg>
initramfs Create and install initramfs for early microcode loading in /boot (only AMD for now)
redistributable Install also non-free (but redistributable) firmware files
savedconfig Allows individual selection of firmware files
unknown-license Install firmware files whose license is unknown

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST linux-firmware-20250613_p20250624.tar.bz2 761974136 bytes 20250613_p20250624
DIST linux-firmware-20251125_p20251202.tar.bz2 869422110 bytes 20251125_p20251202
DIST linux-firmware-20251125_p20251203.tar.bz2 869415601 bytes 20251125_p20251203
DIST linux-firmware-20251125_p20251229.tar.bz2 874700056 bytes 20251125_p20251229
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST linux-firmware-20250211.tar.xz 431514160 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250311.tar.xz 434375512 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250410.tar.xz 462143576 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250613.tar.xz 531832228 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250627.tar.xz 530935152 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250708.tar.xz 530333772 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250808.tar.xz 565353032 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20250917.tar.xz 578516100 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20251011.tar.xz 583568980 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20251021.tar.xz 587183592 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20251111.tar.xz 595353484 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20251125.tar.xz 606928844 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20260110.tar.xz 600966832 bytes
DIST linux-firmware-20260221.tar.xz 610993132 bytes