MWLFW(4)

💖 MWLFW(4) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in section 4 of the Kernel Interfaces Manual today and the star of the show is mwlfw — the Firmware Module for the Marvell 88W8363 Wireless driver. yes she's a kernel page. yes she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mwlfw — literally the Firmware Module for the Marvell 88W8363 Wireless driver 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so there's two ways to do this, bestie, and both are valid 💅

Option A — bake it into the kernel. To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device mwlfw

Option B — module girl life. Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

mwlfw_load="YES"

no cap, that's it 🎀

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

This module provides access to firmware sets for the Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless adapters. she's giving main character energy for your wifi card, fr fr 💜

It may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module. your choice, babe — both slay 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• mwl(4)
• firmware(9)

go read them, iykyk 📚✨

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and that's the whole page 🍓 this little gem comes to you from Debian, dated June 9, 2009 — yeah she's an elder but she still ate 💀💖 mwah, go configure your kernel bestie 🌈