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  • How to install firmware

    From Aelius Gallus@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 4 05:56:20 2024
    I am trying to install a firmware to enable the wireless on my laptop.
    This is what I did, but to no avail,

    Downloaded firmware from "firmware.openbsd.org.firmware/7.5/"
    (funny,but it has no URL)
    and the SHA256.sig, into the Downloads directory.

    bilbao# fw_update -F radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz
    fw_update:grep: ./SHA256.sig: No such file or directory
    Cannot download local file radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz

    bilbao# fw_update -F -p firmware.openbad.org/firmware/7.5/radeondrm-firmware- 20240220.tgz
    The path must be a URL or an existing directory

    bilbao# fw_update -F radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz
    fw_update: download radeondrm

    bilbao# pkg_add radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz
    quirks-7.14 signed on 2024-05-03T08:41:35Z file:./radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz: signify: incorrect keytype: openbsd-75-fw.pub is not pkg
    Can't find radeondrm-firmware-20240220.tgz
    Couldn't install radeondrm-firmware-20240220

    Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • From John McCue@21:1/5 to Aelius Gallus on Wed May 8 17:06:10 2024
    Aelius Gallus <alexias@nospam.mail> wrote:
    I am trying to install a firmware to enable the wireless on my laptop.

    <snip>
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Have you tried this:

    # fw_update -v radeondrm

    I think that should work, it worked for me on
    OpenBSD 7.5 amd64 when I installed iwn manually.

    --
    [t]csh(1) - "An elegant shell, for a more... civilized age."
    - Paraphrasing Star Wars

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  • From Aelius Gallus@21:1/5 to John McCue on Wed May 8 21:03:11 2024
    John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.jmcunx.com> wrote:
    Aelius Gallus <alexias@nospam.mail> wrote:
    I am trying to install a firmware to enable the wireless on my laptop.

    <snip>
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Have you tried this:

    # fw_update -v radeondrm

    I think that should work, it worked for me on
    OpenBSD 7.5 amd64 when I installed iwn manually.

    After some internet search and reading the OpenBSD manuals, found that
    my wireless version is not supported.
    Thank you.

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