Bug#886504: firmware-misc-nonfree: Please include Intel GPU firmware supporting 'HuC' (HEVC decoding) and 'GuC' (improved workload scheduling)
Package: firmware-misc-nonfree
Version: 20161130-3
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
In addition to the already provided '/lib/firmware/i915/skl_dmc_ver1_26.bin' firmware file
for the Intel 'Skylake' integrated GPU architecture, please consider including also the 2
additional 'HuC' and 'GuC' packages, respectively claimed to assist with HEVC media operations
and parallel workload scheduling.
The compressed firmware files are available from:
https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intelr-graphics-linux/sklhucver01071398.tar_0.bz2
https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intelr-graphics-linux/sklgucver933.tar_0.bz2
... and more generally, it would appear very desireable to try and include within this Debian
package further firmwares from:
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads
One may perhaps consider collecting such content within a separate 'firmware-intel-graphics'
new package, to keep things neat.
Thank you very much,
--
Alberto.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.14.10 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE= (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
firmware-misc-nonfree depends on no packages.
firmware-misc-nonfree recommends no packages.
Versions of packages firmware-misc-nonfree suggests:
ii initramfs-tools 0.130
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