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1.1       afresh1     1: .\" $OpenBSD$
                      2: .\"
                      3: .\" Copyright (c) 2021 Andrew Hewus Fresh <afresh1@openbsd.org>
                      4: .\"
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1.4       afresh1    17: .Dd $Mdocdate: December 23 2021 $
1.1       afresh1    18: .Dt FW_INSTALL 8
                     19: .Os
                     20: .Sh NAME
                     21: .Nm fw_install
                     22: .Nd download and install non-free firmware packages
                     23: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     24: .Nm
1.3       afresh1    25: .Op Fl d | D | L
1.5     ! afresh1    26: .Op Fl av
1.1       afresh1    27: .Op Ar driver | file ...
                     28: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     29: The
                     30: .Nm
                     31: utility downloads and installs non-free firmware packages.
                     32: It is designed as a version of
                     33: .Xr fw_update 1
                     34: that can run in the limited environment of the installer.
                     35: .Pp
                     36: The options are as follows:
                     37: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.5     ! afresh1    38: .It Fl a
        !            39: Detect firmware to be installed or deleted.
        !            40: Cannot be used when specifying names.
        !            41: Automatically enabled when installing if no specific names are passed.
1.3       afresh1    42: .It Fl d
                     43: Delete the specified firmware.
                     44: Required additional arguments are a list of full package or driver names.
1.1       afresh1    45: .It Fl D
                     46: Download firmware packages to the current working directory,
                     47: without installing them.
                     48: .It Fl L
                     49: Install firmware from a local copy in the current directory.
1.2       afresh1    50: .It Fl v
                     51: Enable verbose mode.
1.4       afresh1    52: .El
1.1       afresh1    53: .Pp
                     54: Additional arguments are taken as
                     55: device names for which filenames will be looked up
                     56: or as filenames of firmware packages to be installed.
                     57: If no additional arguments are given,
                     58: .Nm
                     59: searches
                     60: .Xr dmesg 8
                     61: for
                     62: .Pa firmware_patterns
                     63: to find matching drivers.
                     64: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     65: .Bl -tag -width DESTDIRXXX
                     66: .It Ev DESTDIR
                     67: The root of the system to install into.
                     68: .El
                     69: .Sh FILES
                     70: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     71: .It Pa ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/misc/firmware_patterns
                     72: A list of patterns used to detect needed firmware from the
                     73: .Xr dmesg 8 .
                     74: .It Pa ${DESTDIR}/etc/signify/openbsd-XX-fw.pub
                     75: Used with
                     76: .Xr signify 1
                     77: to verify downloaded firmware files.
                     78: .El
                     79: .Sh EXIT STATUS
                     80: .Ex -std
                     81: .\" .Sh EXAMPLES
                     82: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     83: .Xr fw_update 1 ,
                     84: .Xr dmesg 8
                     85: .\" .Sh STANDARDS
                     86: .Sh AUTHORS
                     87: The
                     88: .Nm
                     89: program was designed and written by
                     90: .An Andrew Hewus Fresh Aq Mt afresh1@openbsd.org
                     91: as a limited version of
                     92: .Xr fw_update 1 .
                     93: .\" .Sh CAVEATS