'amdtee' is the one thing right now, but soon (TM) the IPU/NPU binaries
will go to linux-firmware.git and then where do those go?
My (current) thinking is to have 2 categories:
- AMD CPU related
- AMD GPU/graphics related
Current products only put the IPU/NPU in APU chips, but who is to stay;
those might end up in SoCs without graphics in the future too.
I think it's important to facilitate people having f.e. the following combos:
- Intel CPU with AMD GPU
- AMD CPU with Nvidia GPU
- AMD CPU with AMD GPU (discrete or integrated)
Preferably without having to install 100s of MB of firmware files of which 95%
the user doesn't actually need. (See f.e. https://bugs.debian.org/1057786)
How would you feel about making a master "amd" metapackage that pulls
them all? You can split as you see fit then and people who want the
'easy button' can just install that package.
I'm not much of a fan of such metapackages. I think it mostly indicates that
the purpose of the various packages isn't clear, so let's install all of them.
Clarifying the purpose better is a better solution imo.
I'm aware others feel different: https://bugs.debian.org/522415
I prefer to keep that discussion out of this bug though, feel free to open a
new bug for that if you do want it.