IWMBTFW(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual IWMBTFW(8)
NAME
iwmbtfw - download firmware for Intel Wireless AC Bluetooth USB devices
SYNOPSIS
iwmbtfw [-DI] -d device_name [-f firmware_path]
iwmbtfw -h
DESCRIPTION
The iwmbtfw utility downloads the specified firmware file to the
specified ugen(4) device.
This utility will only work with Intel Wireless 7260/8260/9260 chip based
Bluetooth USB devices and some of their successors. The identification
is currently based on USB vendor ID/product ID pair. The vendor ID
should be 0x8087 (USB_VENDOR_INTEL2) and the product ID should be one of
the supported devices.
Firmware files are available in the comms/iwmbt-firmware port.
The iwmbtfw utility will query the device to determine which firmware
image and board configuration to load in at runtime.
The options are as follows:
-I Enable informational debugging.
-D Enable verbose debugging.
-d device_name Specify ugen(4) device name.
-f firmware_path Specify the directory containing the firmware files to
search and upload.
-h Display usage message and exit.
EXIT STATUS
The iwmbtfw utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
libusb(3), ugen(4), devd(8)
AUTHORS
iwmbtfw is based on ath3kfw(8) utility used as firmware downloader
template and on Linux btintel driver source code. It is written by
Vladimir Kondratyev <
[email protected]>.
Support for the 7260 card added by
Philippe Michaud-Boudreault <
[email protected]>.
BUGS
Most likely. Please report if found.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 September 15, 2024 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8