FW_UPDATE(8) | System Manager's Manual | FW_UPDATE(8) |
fw_update
—
install non-free firmware packages
fw_update |
[-adFnv ] [-p
path] [driver |
file ...] |
The fw_update
utility installs, updates,
or deletes firmware packages for driver from the
Internet. If no driver is specified, the
fw_update
utility tries to determine which firmware
is needed on the system.
Since firmware with an acceptable license is already present in
OpenBSD, fw_update
exists
purely to deal with firmware that may not be freely distributed with
OpenBSD.
The options are as follows:
-a
-d
are
specified.-d
-a
, delete firmware for all
drivers.-F
-p
downloads from that URL,
specifying a path downloads to that directory.-n
-p
path-v
Firmware is downloaded from release-specific directories at http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/. The files are in the format required by pkg_add(1), but direct use of pkg_add is discouraged.
DESTDIR
The fw_update
program was designed by
Alexander Hall
<alexander@beard.se>;
it was then replaced with a perl version by Marc
Espie
<espie@openbsd.org>.
It was rewritten to be able to be run from the installer by
Andrew Hewus Fresh
<afresh1@openbsd.org>.
March 9, 2022 | OpenBSD-7.1 |