Add missing FW package to installer

[rucoder]

• ucode.img is loaded from this package
• we may need FW to even start the installer on some HW

WARNING: the ISO image is 802MB!!!!

UPDATE: FW adds 160 Mb to the size

• backport to 13.4 [13.4-stable] Add missing FW package to installer #4574
• backport to 12.0

[OhmSpectator]

I think we also want to have this in older LTSes? Mark it as stable then?

[OhmSpectator]

WARNING: the ISO image is 802MB!!!!

so, what's the gain?... 100%?

[deitch]

Do we need the whole FW for this?

[OhmSpectator]

Actually, I'm not sure it's acceptable for us to double the image size just to deliver a tiny file...

[OhmSpectator]

Can't we copy just one file by mounting a volume?
Like

volumes:
  - name: mkimage-raw-efi
    image: MKRAW_TAG
    readonly: true
  - name: uboot
    image: UBOOT_TAG
    readonly: true
  - name: ucode
    image: FW_TAG
    readonly: true
    source: /boot/ucode.img

and then

files:
  - path: /boot/ucode.img
    source: ucode

[rucoder]

@OhmSpectator we do not double and we do not deliver ONLY tiny file. we deliver whole missing FW

[rucoder]

Can't we copy just one file by mounting a volume? Like

volumes:
  - name: mkimage-raw-efi
    image: MKRAW_TAG
    readonly: true
  - name: uboot
    image: UBOOT_TAG
    readonly: true
  - name: ucode
    image: FW_TAG
    readonly: true
    source: /boot/ucode.img

and then

files:
  - path: /boot/ucode.img
    source: ucode

no, the whole voluem will be there forever on /container/volumes

[OhmSpectator]

no, the whole voluem will be there forever on /container/volumes

that's saaad 😔

[OhmSpectator]

we do not double

What's the final estimation of what we gained that way?

[rucoder]

we do not double

What's the final estimation of what we gained that way?

@OhmSpectator I updated the description

[OhmSpectator]

WARNING: the ISO image is 802MB!!!!

UPDATE: FW adds 160 Mb to the size

So, 25% weight gain. Not that critical in theory...

[rucoder]

WARNING: the ISO image is 802MB!!!!
UPDATE: FW adds 160 Mb to the size

So, 25% weight gain. Not that critical in theory...

i hope we can shave off some size by installing only zfs tools and not the whole DOM0ZTOOLS