DPDK fails to load compressed firmware: "libarchive not linked, /lib/firmware/... cannot be decompressed."

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Issue

  • DPDK fails to load compressed firmware, eg:
libarchive not linked, /lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg.xz cannot be decompressed.
  • linux-firmware files in RHEL 9 are delivered in a compressed form. The firmware files are uncompressed in RHEL 8.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • linux-firmware package with compressed NIC firmware files
  • DPDK (upstream)

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