FWGET(8)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the fwget(8) page — yes, that’s FWGET(8) from the System Manager’s Manual, and it’s here to help you install firmware packages for the running system. iconic behavior, honestly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fwget [-n] [-v] [subsystem]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

The fwget utility can be used to detect and install firmware packages for devices present on a running system. no cap, that’s the whole vibe ✨

The options are as follows:

• -n — Dry run, only show needed packages 🫶
• -v — Be more verbose 🗣️
• subsystem — Hardware subsystem(s), default is all supported subsystems. Space separated hardware subsystems, accepts pci and usb 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• firmware(9)

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

The fwget utility first appeared in FreeBSD 14.0. periodt 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The fwget utility and this manual page were written by Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org> for Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG. slay 🌈

⚠️ CAVEATS ⚠️

This utility currently only supports the pci(4) and usb(4) subsystems. that’s the fine print, bestie — read it fr fr 💀

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