linux:kernel:firmware:update_firmware
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Linux - Kernel - Firmware - Update Firmware
Linux firmware is a package distributed alongside the Linux kernel that contains firmware binary blobs necessary for partial or full functionality of certain hardware devices.
Download the latest firmware
Grab the latest firmware from https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git.
Drop these firmware files into /lib/firmware/ and rebuild any initramfs:
wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-20230515.tar.gz tar -xf linux-firmware-20230515.tar.gz sudo cp linux-firmware-20230515/* /lib/firmware/ sudo update-initramfs -uk 'all'
NOTE: The latest firmware files should provide support for newer hardware.
References
linux/kernel/firmware/update_firmware.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/04 12:01 by peter