+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1143959 +++

Currently kernel-firmware package contains the full contents of uncompressed files and its footprint is significant large, over 400MB.
For reducing this installation size, we can try the following:

- Compress firmware files:
5.3 kernel got a new feature to support loading the XZ-compressed firmware files.  We can package the compressed files instead of the raw files.

- Split kernel-firmware package to several packages:
Instead of the all-in-one package, we may split per functionality or such.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143959#c10 says:

As the fix for kernel-default-base is done, the rest is about the handling of Recommends:kernel-firmware in kernel-default.rpm.  And from now on, I'd toss this to YaST guys, who have a better idea about installation.

Reassigned to Stefan for now, but feel free to push back if inappropriate.

As discussed earlier, we may move the recommends into patterns, or implement something in YaST, so that user can choose the optimized for the current hardware or comprehensive / safe with all files.

The decision is on PjM/Release Managers

- YaST / Installer is not the only way to install / upgrade the system
- The decision which firmware packages to install CAN, but should not be by
  default taken by the user (they can already select packages manually, BTW)
- It's quite an expert option going against "Simplify things"
- The decision and efforts need to be aligned and documented

IMO worth a feature request