lfs-book/chapter06/linux-firmware.xml

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<!--
  Linux Firmware
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Checkout the tree at
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/

  $ PKGNAME=linux-firmware-$(date +%Y%m%d)
  $ mkdir -pv $PKGNAME 
  $ cd $PKGNAME
  $ <<checkout git tree here>>
  $ cd ..
  $ tar -cJf ${PKGNAME}.tar.xz $PKGNAME
-->
<sect1 id="ch-system-linux-firmware" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="linux-firmware.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>linux-firmware</productname>
    <productnumber>&linux-firmware-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&linux-firmware-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Linux-Firmware-&linux-firmware-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-firmware">
    <primary sortas="a-Linux-Firmware">Linux-Firmware</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Linux-Firmware package contains propietary kernel "blobs"
    required for some specific hardware.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&linux-firmware-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&linux-firmware-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Linux-Firmware</title>

    <para>Install the Linux-Firmware package with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -Rv * /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

</sect1>