05-17-2011
Yes, you can. It often ends up as just a package like everything else, capable of being upgraded and replaced. You can even update it outside the package manager, just putting the right files in the right places -- though the package manager may never forgive you... I lost a Mandrake/Mandriva system that way, the package manager just locked up and never did anything else ever again, at all, ever, when I upgraded my own kernel. That's one reason I use gentoo, it installs kernel source, not kernel binaries, so you can do what you please with them and it won't throw a fit when I upgrade it when I want, or boot it with 3 different kernels should I want to.
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urtwnfw
URTWNFW(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URTWNFW(4)
NAME
urtwnfw -- Firmware Module for Realtek Wireless driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:
device urtwnfw
This will include three firmware images inside the kernel. If you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter choose one
of the following:
device urtwn-rtl8192cfwT
device urtwn-rtl8192cfwU
device urtwn-rtl8188eufw
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
urtwn-rtl8192cfwT_load="YES"
urtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES"
urtwn-rtl8188eufw_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
This module provides access to firmware sets for the Realtek RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU and RTL8192CU chip based USB
WiFi adapters. It may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module.
For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek must be agreed to by adding the following line to
loader.conf(5):
legal.realtek.license_ack=1
FILES
/usr/share/doc/legal/realtek urtwnfw firmware license
SEE ALSO
urtwn(4), firmware(9)
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