Impact: The firmware is needed for users to be able to use the sound card. Without the firmware a user would have to go without device support or download the firmware from elsewhere.
How Addressed: Adding the firmware to the linux-firmware package fixes the issue.
Reproduction: Boot with latest Lucid image on affected hardware. The sound card will not function.
Regression Potential: Practically zero as the firmware is new and does not overwrite existing files. The firmware will need to be removed from the alsa-firmware package maintained by Medibuntu when this is uploaded, but that's outside of the scope of Ubuntu.
SRU Justification:
Impact: The firmware is needed for users to be able to use the sound card. Without the firmware a user would have to go without device support or download the firmware from elsewhere.
How Addressed: Adding the firmware to the linux-firmware package fixes the issue.
Patch: Please see http:// kernel. ubuntu. com/git? p=cndougla/ linux-firmware. git;a=commit; h=cf6291f0e49a8 54819df84b1b64f 460dfdb97b86.
Reproduction: Boot with latest Lucid image on affected hardware. The sound card will not function.
Regression Potential: Practically zero as the firmware is new and does not overwrite existing files. The firmware will need to be removed from the alsa-firmware package maintained by Medibuntu when this is uploaded, but that's outside of the scope of Ubuntu.