[Bug 2062063] Re: ULTS 24 linux 6.8.0-22 SOF sound chips wrong name of fw package

Hi Peter, Thank you for reporting this. You are correct that on Ubuntu the package is named `firmware-sof-signed` rather than `sof-firmware`. However, `sof-firmware` is the official upstream name used by the Sound Open Firmware project, and the majority of Linux distributions (such as Arch, openSUSE, Alpine, etc.) package it under that exact name. The message in the kernel is printed by the SOF driver in sound/soc/sof/fw- file-profile.c, and it references this upstream project name. Debian and Ubuntu happen to use a different name for historical packaging reasons. Carrying an ongoing Ubuntu-specific delta in the kernel just to change this dev_info string creates unnecessary maintenance overhead. Therefore, the Ubuntu kernel team prefers to keep the upstream message as-is. If you feel the message should be more distro-agnostic (for example, "Check if you have the SOF firmware installed"), you could report this upstream at https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/issues. If upstream adopts a generic message, Ubuntu will naturally pick it up in a future kernel release. I am marking this bug as 'Won't Fix' for the Ubuntu kernel package for now. Thanks again for your understanding! ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Anthony Wong (anthonywong) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Bgg, Bmail, Nb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062063 Title: ULTS 24 linux 6.8.0-22 SOF sound chips wrong name of fw package Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package 'linux-modules-extra'. With a Skylake Intel sound chip I get: [ 5.911304] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: Check if you have 'sof-firmware' package installed. The actual Ubuntu package to install is called "firmware-sof-signed" rather than "sof-firmware". That can be confusing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2062063/+subscriptions