Why kernel-core has dependency on linux-firmware rpm?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Why kernel-core has dependency on linux-firmware rpm?
# rpm -qp --requires kernel-core-4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/usr/bin/kernel-install
coreutils
dracut >= 027
linux-firmware >= 20200619-99.git3890db36    <----
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1
systemd >= 200
systemd >= 203-2
  • Can linux-firmware rpm be removed without any problem? The package 'linux-firmware' uses hundreds om MB in /uscase

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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