RUNFW(4)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is runfw(4) — literally the Firmware Module for Ralink driver, straight from the Kernel Interfaces Manual. no cap, it's the little firmware hookup that makes your Ralink WiFi situation slay. 💅

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device runfw

This will include two firmware images, RT2870 and RT3071, inside the kernel. run(4) will load the appropriate image into the chip. ✨

Alternatively, to load the firmware images as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

runfw_load="YES"

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This module provides firmware sets for the Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U, RT3000U and RT3900E chip based USB WiFi adapters. Please read Ralink's license, src/sys/contrib/dev/run/LICENSE. 📜💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• run(4)
• firmware(9)

💖 cute sign-off: this page is from Debian, dated November 11, 2013, and the manual is RUNFW(4) — periodt. 💖