diff --git a/.debian/DEBIAN/control b/.debian/DEBIAN/control
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+++ b/.debian/DEBIAN/control
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+Package: linux-firmware
+Source: linux-firmware
+Version: 20221006-1
+Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
+Maintainer: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
+Installed-Size: 5883
+Depends: linux-base | systemd
+Recommends: initramfs-tools
+Replaces: firmware-linux-nonfree, firmware-amd-graphics
+Suggests: initramfs-tools
+Section: non-free/kernel
+Priority: optional
+Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/
+Description: linux-firmware
+ Raw package unchanged from the kernel maintainers
+ .
+ This packaging is a test and may not work
diff --git a/.debian/Makefile b/.debian/Makefile
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+all: clean add-firmware-files md5sum create info
+
+info:
+	dpkg-deb --info linux-firmware.deb
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf linux-firmware.deb
+	rm -rf control.tar.xz data.tar.xz linux-firmware.deb
+	rm -rf files/lib/firmware
+	rm -f files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/git-whatchanged
+
+add-firmware-files:
+	mkdir -p files/lib/firmware
+	cp -a ../[a-zA-Z0123456789]* files/lib/firmware/
+
+# debian stores the calcuated md5sum checksums for each file in the package
+md5sum:
+	cd files/ && find -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \; >../DEBIAN/md5sums
+
+create:
+	git whatchanged > files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/git-whatchanged
+	cd DEBIAN && tar --ignore-failed-read -cvJf ../control.tar.xz {post,pre}{inst,rm} md5sums control
+	cd files && tar -cvJf ../data.tar.xz .
+	ar rcs linux-firmware.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz
+
+install:
+	dpkg --install linux-firmware.deb
+	update-initramfs -k all -c
diff --git a/.debian/debian-binary b/.debian/debian-binary
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+++ b/.debian/debian-binary
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+2.0
diff --git a/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/changelog.Debian.gz b/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/changelog.Debian.gz
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index 0000000..71acc85
Binary files /dev/null and b/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/changelog.Debian.gz differ
diff --git a/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/copyright b/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/copyright
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+++ b/.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/copyright
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+Copyright:
+
+    Copyright 2022 Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.org>
+
+License:
+
+    This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+
+On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.debian/*.deb
+.debian/*.tar.xz
+.debian/DEBIAN/md5sums
+.debian/files/lib/firmware/
+.debian/files/usr/share/doc/linux-firmware/git-whatchanged