http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143959 http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143959#c12 --- Comment #12 from Stefan Hundhammer <shundhammer@suse.com> --- Summarizing some thoughts and some personal discussions we had in the previous months: Most users do not need every kernel firmware package. Actually, most users only need very few of them. But we need to be very careful not to reduce the number of kernel firmware packages that we install too much; while it seems intuitive to only install those that are required for hardware that is currently installed in the system, a user might need more of them: - For plug-in hardware like USB etc. - In case critical hardware is replaced like a mainboard, a CPU, a hard disk controller, a graphics card, a network card. They need to work at least well enough to support installing additional firmware packages. We need to support hardware failure (and replacement with hardware that requires different firmware) as well as hardware upgrade (where a user might or might not have enough foresight to install the firmware for the new hardware before exchanging the hardware). For virtualization scenarios we don't need to install any firmware packages, but that is already handled by package dependencies on the kernel / kernel-firmware package side. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.