Kernel + firmware updates for 2024-10-17

[K900]

Kernels and firmware in one PR because it all released in the same hour.

Kernel: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.4
Firmware: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/log/

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 24.11 Release Notes (or backporting 23.11 and 24.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[K900]

Drafting until I fix linux-firmware build.

[github-actions]

Successfully created backport PR for release-24.05:

• [Backport release-24.05] Kernel + firmware updates for 2024-10-17 #349315

[lopsided98]

This break cross-compilation; it needs to use buildPackages.findutils and buildPackages.writeShellScriptBin in the git stub.

[K900]

Can you submit a PR?

[Izorkin]

Kernel update to version 6.6.57 breaks the Peertube test. Very strange.
#350332