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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-08-02 17:35:40 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-08-02 17:35:40 +0000 |
| commit | fd9d01e15c325d64f25e9c88e228c9b1b3840a51 (patch) | |
| tree | b0aa582ad2d4afe73a69a47cb800995bc6ae2e3f | |
| parent | Say "firmware files" instead of "firmwares". It is so hard to be clear (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-fd9d01e15c325d64f25e9c88e228c9b1b3840a51.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-fd9d01e15c325d64f25e9c88e228c9b1b3840a51.zip | |
better describe what this app does, at the behest of deraadt;
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 b/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 index d01111e5a15..68dad383003 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fw_update.1,v 1.6 2011/07/28 13:26:13 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fw_update.1,v 1.7 2011/08/02 17:35:40 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Alexander Hall <alexander@beard.se> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 2 2011 $ .Dt FW_UPDATE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -26,11 +26,15 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility installs and updates device firmwares with non-free licenses -that may not be shipped with +utility checks which firmware are needed on the host system, +retrieves the relevant packages from the Internet, +and then installs them. +Since firmware with acceptable licenses are already present in +.Ox , +.Nm +exists purely to install and update firmware that may not be freely +distributed with .Ox . -It automatically detects such devices and downloads and installs the proper -firmware packages for the currently running kernel. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds |