Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:40:58 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: lumiwa@dismail.de, FreeBSD-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: RE: firmware modules Message-ID: <4432C294-6ADC-4403-8047-03D1D1A34957@yahoo.com> References: <4432C294-6ADC-4403-8047-03D1D1A34957.ref@yahoo.com>
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LuMiWa <lumiwa_at_dismail.de> wrote on Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:35:34 UTC : > One question about kernel directories which are install firmware or > modules. > Packages from FreeBSD repositories installed firmware in /boot/modules > but packages from repositories kmdos installed in /boot/firmware. I > found this when I installed firmware for wifi (iwifi...). Why is = double > standard? I have firmware for wifi in both directories. Looking in the two places in one of my contexts, I see: # fwget Needed firmware packages: 'wifi-firmware-rtw89-kmod-rtw8852b = gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-gc-10-3-6 gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-psp-13-0-5 = gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-dcn-3-1-5 gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-sdma-5-2-6 = gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-vcn-3-1-2' The most recent versions of packages are already installed # find -s /boot/firmware/ /boot/modules/ -print /boot/firmware/ /boot/firmware/amd-ucode.bin /boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin /boot/firmware/iwm3160fw /boot/firmware/iwm3168fw /boot/firmware/iwm7260fw /boot/firmware/iwm7265Dfw /boot/firmware/iwm7265fw /boot/firmware/iwm8000C /boot/firmware/iwm8265fw /boot/firmware/iwm9000fw /boot/firmware/iwm9260fw /boot/firmware/rtw89 /boot/firmware/rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin /boot/modules/ /boot/modules/amdgpu_dcn_3_1_5_dmcub_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_ce_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_me_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_mec2_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_mec_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_pfp_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_gc_10_3_6_rlc_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_asd_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_ta_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_toc_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_sdma_5_2_6_bin.ko /boot/modules/amdgpu_vcn_3_1_2_bin.ko /boot/modules/linker.hints Looking at just a few examples: # file /boot/firmware/iwm3160fw /boot/firmware/rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin = /boot/modules/amdgpu_dcn_3_1_5_dmcub_bin.ko = /boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_toc_bin.ko /boot/firmware/iwm3160fw: data /boot/firmware/rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin: data /boot/modules/amdgpu_dcn_3_1_5_dmcub_bin.ko: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, = x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), = BuildID[sha1]=3D4b30b4248d57199be9498869d56e659ffbfa7050, not stripped /boot/modules/amdgpu_psp_13_0_5_toc_bin.ko: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, = x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), = BuildID[sha1]=3Dbd31f5c066ef6ea222807c901a5a2f6bba3690f5, not stripped 7950X3D-ZFS amd64 1500034 1500034 #=20 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, I'll note that pkg puts things where FreeBSD is designed to have the files put. Pkg does not, of itself, determine where FreeBSD is designed to have the files. So where pkg put things is just following the FreeBSD rules for those things. I've no clue if some of your materials are older from before the last time FreeBSD changed the designed organization. You might want to send out the output from the likes of: # find -s /boot/firmware/ /boot/modules/ -print That might give someone a clue about if it is an appropriate mix or not vs. if there is older material that should be uninstalled/deleted. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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