RUNFW(4)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so first thing, bestie: this whole manual page is runfw(4), and the name is runfw — it's the Firmware Module for the Ralink driver. That's it, that's the name, short and iconic. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Two ways to get this firmware living in your system, and both are valid, periodt.

🎀 compile it into the kernel 🎀

Want it baked right in? Place this exact line in your kernel configuration file:

device runfw

This will include two firmware images, RT2870 and RT3071, inside the kernel. Then run(4) will load the appropriate image into the chip. no cap, that's the whole flow. ✨

🦋 load it as a module at boot 🦋

Or, alternatively, load the firmware images as a module at boot time by placing this exact 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. So if your adapter is one of those, this is your moment. 👑

Also, please read Ralink's license, src/sys/contrib/dev/run/LICENSE. Like, actually read it, bestie — it's right there. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• run(4)
• firmware(9)

That's the whole page, and it's giving Debian, November 11, 2013, RUNFW(4) energy — slay. 💖