07-10-2006
how to do firmware update
Hi, am a new comer to the AIX side.
i had 3 specific questions.
1) what is firmware
2) how to locate the firmware running on a unix server
3) how to do firmware update(is it something i download from IBM site)
thanks everybody for taking the time and plz reply.
karthik
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
ath3kfw
ATH3KFW(8) BSD System Manager's Manual ATH3KFW(8)
NAME
ath3kfw -- firmware download utility for Atheros AR3011 chip based Bluetooth USB devices
SYNOPSIS
ath3kfw -d device_name -f firmware_file_name
ath3kfw -h
DESCRIPTION
The ath3kfw utility downloads the specified firmware file to the specified ugen(4) device.
This utility will only work with Atheros AR3011 chip based Bluetooth USB devices. The identification is currently based on USB vendor
ID/product ID pair. The vendor ID should be 0x0cf3 (USB_VENDOR_ATHEROS2) and the product ID should be 0x3000.
Firmware files ath3k-1.fw and ath3k-2.fw can be obtained from the linux-firmware RPM.
The options are as follows:
-d device_name
Specify ugen(4) device name.
-f firmware_file_name
Specify firmware file name for download.
-h Display usage message and exit.
EXIT STATUS
The ath3kfw utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
libusb(3), ugen(4), devd(8)
AUTHORS
Maksim Yevmenkin <m_evmenkin@yahoo.com>
BUGS
Most likely. Please report if found.
BSD
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