# Linux-firmware package splitting upstream **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements and news\ **Created:** [January 23, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-firmware-package-splitting-upstream/23060 "2022-01-23T02:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-firmware-package-splitting-upstream/23060/1 "2022-01-23T02:19:32Z")
[https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-202201190c6a7b3-2-requires-kernel-53-and-package-splitting/](https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-202201190c6a7b3-2-requires-kernel-53-and-package-splitting/) > The linux-firmware package 20220119.0c6a7b3-2 implements kernel firmware compression. Linux kernel from 5.3 on support loading from xz compressed firmware. > CONFIG\_FW\_LOADER\_COMPRESS kernel option must be enabled. All official Arch Linux kernel support this for a long time. > > The linux-firmware package has been split into smaller packages to further reduce required disk space. Some big firmware files of rarely used hardware have been split into separate packages. > This affects firmware for Mellanox Spectrum switches, Marvell devices, Qualcomm SoCs, Cavium LiquidIO server adapters, QLogic devices, Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb ethernet adapters. > Make sure to install additional firmware packages if needed. 1. [https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72899](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72899) 2. [https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72559](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72559) 3. [https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=linux-firmware&maintainer=&flagged=](https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=linux-firmware&maintainer=&flagged=) ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-firmware-package-splitting-upstream/23060/2 "2022-01-23T02:35:57Z")
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**Author:** ![otherbarry](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/otherbarry/32/10801_2.png) [@otherbarry](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/otherbarry)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-firmware-package-splitting-upstream/23060/3 "2022-01-23T02:39:16Z")
If you are going to pin this news may as well link the thread for supporting linux kernels \<= 4.19 > [@PSA: New linux-firmware package requires kernel \>= 5.3](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-new-linux-firmware-package-requires-kernel-5-3/23001): > > The linux-firmware package 20220119.0c6a7b3-2 implements kernel firmware compression. Linux kernel from 5.3 on support loading from xz compressed firmware. CONFIG\_FW\_LOADER\_COMPRESS kernel option must be enabled. All official Arch Linux kernel support this for a long time. [1] The linux-firmware package has been split into smaller packages to further reduce required disk space. Some big firmware files of rarely used hardware have been split into separate packages. This affects firmware for M… ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-firmware-package-splitting-upstream/23060/4 "2022-02-01T07:00:34Z")
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