[alsa-devel] mixartloader/miXart8.elf lacks full RELRO, PIE and is unstripped

[David Runge]

Hi!

I'm (currently) packaging alsa-firmware for Arch Linux and ran across
the mixartloader/miXart8.elf, which turns out to be lacking full RELRO
[1], PIE [2] and being unstripped.

Checking the git log it appears, that Jaroslav Kysela added it in 2003.
I wonder whether the blob could be rebuilt with full RELRO and PIE and
be updated.

Additionally, I'd like to point out, that I don't know, how much of a
use-case the Digigram miXart8 cards still are in current times, so maybe
the firmware is also a candidate for being dropped (from the package on
Arch Linux).

Any hints, suggestions or ideas are very welcome!

Best,
David

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