Subject: bug#812: Firmware is not found by kernel anymore as it is moved to /usr

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 13:00:21 +0000

Control: reassign -1 devuan-project
Control: forcemerge 810 -1
Control: affects -1 firmware-realtek

Klaus,

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 09:57:17AM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Package: firmware-realtek
> Version: 20230625-1
> Severity: critical
> 
> After update from 20230515-3, the kernel is no longer able to find the
> firmware as debian moved it to /usr.

As you have identified, this is a result of Debian's implementation of merged
/usr.

Reassigning and merging.

Mark