Index: chapter01/whatsnew.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(revision 12024)
+++ chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Cpio-&cpio-version;</para>
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -168,6 +171,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Linux-&linux-version;</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Linux-Firmware-&linux-firmware-version;</para>
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>M4-&m4-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
Index: chapter03/packages.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter03/packages.xml	(revision 12024)
+++ chapter03/packages.xml	(working copy)
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Cpio (&cpio-version;) - <token>&cpio-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Home page: <ulink url="&cpio-home;"/></para>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&cpio-url;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&cpio-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry revision="systemd">
       <term>D-Bus (&dbus-version;) - <token>&dbus-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -451,6 +460,15 @@
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry>
+      <term>Linux Firmware (&linux-firmware-version;) - <token>&linux-firmware-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Home page: <ulink url="&linux-firmware-home;"/></para>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&linux-firmware-url;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&linux-firmware-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
       <term>M4 (&m4-version;) - <token>&m4-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>Home page: <ulink url="&m4-home;"/></para>
Index: chapter08/chapter08.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter08/chapter08.xml	(revision 12024)
+++ chapter08/chapter08.xml	(working copy)
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="ninja.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="meson.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="coreutils.xml"/>
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="check.xml"/> 
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="check.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="cpio.xml"/> 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="diffutils.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="gawk.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="findutils.xml"/>
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="eudev.xml"/>
 
   <!-- Both sysv on systemd builds -->
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="linux-firmware.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="procps.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="util-linux.xml"/>
 
Index: chapter08/cpio.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter08/cpio.xml	(nonexistent)
+++ chapter08/cpio.xml	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-cpio" role="wrap">
+  <?dbhtml filename="cpio.html"?>
+
+  <sect1info condition="script">
+    <productname>cpio</productname>
+    <productnumber>&cpio-version;</productnumber>
+    <address>&cpio-url;</address>
+  </sect1info>
+
+  <title>cpio-&cpio-version;</title>
+
+  <indexterm zone="ch-system-cpio">
+    <primary sortas="a-cpio">cpio</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <sect2 role="package">
+    <title/>
+
+    <para>The <application>cpio</application> package contains
+    tools for archiving.</para>
+
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>&cpio-fin-sbu;</seg>
+        <seg>&cpio-fin-du;</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="installation">
+    <title>Installation of cpio</title>
+
+    <para>Prepare cpio for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
+            --bindir=/bin \
+            --enable-mt   \
+            --with-rmt=/usr/libexec/rmt</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--bindir=/bin</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This parameter installs <command>cpio</command> to
+          <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of
+          <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> as recommended
+          by the FHS guidelines.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-mt</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This parameter forces the building and installation of the
+          <command>mt</command> program.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--with-rmt=/usr/libexec/rmt</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This parameter inhibits building the <command>rmt</command>
+          program as it is already installed by the
+          <application>Tar</application> package.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+    <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make
+makeinfo --html            -o doc/html      doc/cpio.texi
+makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/cpio.html doc/cpio.texi
+makeinfo --plaintext       -o doc/cpio.txt  doc/cpio.texi</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
+install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/cpio-&cpio-version;/html
+install -v -m644    doc/html/* \
+                    /usr/share/doc/cpio-&cpio-version;/html
+install -v -m644    doc/cpio.{html,txt} \
+                    /usr/share/doc/cpio-&cpio-version;</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+
+  <sect2 id="contents-cpio" role="content">
+    <title>Contents of cpio</title>
+
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Install Directories</segtitle>
+
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>cpio and mt</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/share/doc/cpio-&cpio-version;</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+      <varlistentry id="cpio">
+        <term><command>cpio</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>copies files to and from archives</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-cpio cpio">
+            <primary sortas="b-cpio">cpio</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="mt">
+        <term><command>mt</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>controls magnetic tape drive operations</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-cpio mt">
+            <primary sortas="b-mt">mt</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
Index: chapter08/linux-firmware.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter08/linux-firmware.xml	(nonexistent)
+++ chapter08/linux-firmware.xml	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-linux-firmware" role="wrap">
+  <?dbhtml filename="linux-firmware.html"?>
+
+  <sect1info condition="script">
+    <productname>linux-firmware</productname>
+    <productnumber>&linux-firmware-version;</productnumber>
+    <address>&linux-firmware-url;</address>
+  </sect1info>
+
+  <title>Linux-Firmware-&linux-firmware-version;</title>
+
+  <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-firmware">
+    <primary sortas="a-Linux-Firmware">Linux-Firmware</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <sect2 role="package">
+    <title/>
+
+    <para>The Linux-Firmware package contains propietary kernel "blobs"
+    required for some specific hardware.</para>
+
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>&linux-firmware-fin-sbu;</seg>
+        <seg>&linux-firmware-fin-du;</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="installation">
+    <title>Installation of Linux-Firmware</title>
+
+    <para>Install the Linux-Firmware package with the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -Rv * /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 12024)
+++ packages.ent	(working copy)
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-du "158 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-fin-sbu "2.8 SBU">
 
+<!ENTITY cpio-version "2.13">
+<!ENTITY cpio-size "1,384 KB">
+<!ENTITY cpio-url "&gnu;cpio/cpio-&cpio-version;.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY cpio-md5 "f3438e672e3fa273a7dc26339dd1eed6">
+<!ENTITY cpio-home "&gnu-software;cpio/">
+<!ENTITY cpio-fin-du "17 MB">
+<!ENTITY cpio-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
+
 <!ENTITY dbus-version "1.12.20">
 <!ENTITY dbus-size "2,048 KB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-url "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
@@ -436,6 +444,14 @@
 <!ENTITY linux-headers-fin-du "1 GB">
 <!ENTITY linux-headers-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">-->
 
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-version "20200814">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-size "137,160 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-url "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/linux-firmware-&linux-firmware-version;.tar.xz">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-md5 "2212cc3d207e900ed0228a9d896fe756">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-fin-du "508 MB">
+<!ENTITY linux-firmware-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
+
 <!ENTITY m4-version "1.4.18">
 <!ENTITY m4-size "1,180 KB">
 <!ENTITY m4-url "&gnu;m4/m4-&m4-version;.tar.xz">