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Re: "OpenBSD/GabeDeck part II"
Nice work. Thanks for providing details.
Dec 11 · 6 days ago
IF it has USB you don't need Ethernet for firmware download, you can put the fw on a USB thumbdrive. I've done it before:
`fw_update -p /mnt/usbdrive`
I think you might need to replicate the usual directory structures and put the fw files in sg like found at http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/. I would just grab the entire 7.6 folder. I think you also need to have the index.txt file, if I remember correctly.
@decant Glad it worked out!
😎 decant [OP] · Dec 13 at 08:02:
yeah, I defo need a urtwn dongle, the qwx driver is very green atm (first commited a year ago), it will only support up to 802.11g even if it works.
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