Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:18:06 -0400 From: LuMiWa <lumiwa@dismail.de> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot/firmware/ and /boot/modules/ (was: firmware modules) Message-ID: <20250330121806.23ee9741@dismail.de> In-Reply-To: <f3820268-5e0c-4328-b407-9e4e398a595d@gmail.com> References: <4432C294-6ADC-4403-8047-03D1D1A34957@yahoo.com> <f3820268-5e0c-4328-b407-9e4e398a595d@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:02:37 +0000 Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/03/2025 18:40, Mark Millard wrote: > > … It looks to me like some things involve loadable kernel modules > > that add code to into the kernel and some do not involve such. > > Those that do not are probably just loaded into a device that is > > using the material via the FreeBSD kernel. Which type of file looks > > to determine /boot/firmware/ vs. /boot/modules/ for where the files > > are put. > > > > Also, … > /boot/firmware/ loadable binary firmware kernel modules > > /boot/modules/ third-party loadable kernel modules, such as > those installed with pkg(8) or from ports(7) > > hier(7) > <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-current>; > > My question is why binary pkg from FreeBSD repository install gpu-firmware-amd-kmod in /boot/modules/ and wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod in /boot/modules/ but wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod from kmods repository install in /boot/firmware/ Why is not the same? Thank you. -- “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” ― Charles Bukowskihome | help
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