As far as I can tell, there is no difference between using the proposed linux-firmware (1.127.5) package vs the stable linux-firmware (1.127.4) package plus a manually installed /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode file, a combination that has produced favorable results in my previous testing.
I confirmed that the sha1sum of the iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode file delivered in the linux-firmware (1.127.5) packaged matches the sha1sum of the iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode file I had manually installed for testing:
As far as I can tell, there is no difference between using the proposed linux-firmware (1.127.5) package vs the stable linux-firmware (1.127.4) package plus a manually installed /lib/firmware/ iwlwifi- 7260-8. ucode file, a combination that has produced favorable results in my previous testing.
I confirmed that the sha1sum of the iwlwifi- 7260-8. ucode file delivered in the linux-firmware (1.127.5) packaged matches the sha1sum of the iwlwifi- 7260-8. ucode file I had manually installed for testing:
$ sha1sum /lib/firmware/ iwlwifi- 7260-8. ucode dd6c87241e3b6ae 862c7c0e0e /lib/firmware/ iwlwifi- 7260-8. ucode
7cf634ec52887c4
As such, I'm changing the tags:
verification-needed => verification-done