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--- linux:kernel:firmware:update_firmware [2023/06/04 10:56] – created peter
+++ linux:kernel:firmware:update_firmware [2023/06/04 12:01] (current) – peter
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 ====== Linux - Kernel - Firmware - Update Firmware ======
-Download the latest firmware from https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git.
+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.
-For example:
+----
-https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-20230515.tar.gz
+===== 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:
+<code bash>
+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'
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  The latest firmware files should provide support for newer hardware.
+</WRAP>
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 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git