| Bug ID | 1166406 |
|---|---|
| Summary | Consider moving /boot/vmlinux-*.xz to a different package |
| Classification | openSUSE |
| Product | openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Version | Current |
| Hardware | Other |
| OS | Other |
| Status | NEW |
| Severity | Normal |
| Priority | P5 - None |
| Component | Kernel |
| Assignee | kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com |
| Reporter | fvogt@suse.com |
| QA Contact | qa-bugs@suse.de |
| CC | jeos-internal@suse.de |
| Found By | --- |
| Blocker | --- |
Currently the kernel is installed twice into /boot (at least on x86_64 and arm64), once as self-decompressing vmlinuz and then the raw compressed kernel as vmlinux.xz The latter isn't needed for booting and only used for debugging or by using special tools (AFAIK, please correct me if I'm wrong), so not useful on most systems. Especially with kernel-default-base, this ~10MiB file is almost 30% of the whole package in size, so dropping/moving that would have a noticeable impact on size reduction.