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Le dimanche 17 février 2013 à 22:47 -0600, Ryan Hill a écrit :
> Even after you do that it's hard to figure out what firmware files you actually
> need.  I know I need iwl6000 firmware for Intel Ultimate-N 6300 wifi, but
> linux-firmware contains:
> 
> iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
> iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
> iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
> iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode
> iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
> 
> Are these different versions?  Different cards?  Which do I need?

Good kernel modules *should* export needed firmwares as module
parameters. You *should* then be able to query it with modinfo:

    modinfo <module> -F firmware

Note however that *lots* of modules (especially DVB, in my experience)
don't properly set those parameters and you're left grepping the source
code or dmesg to find which firmware you'll need...

Cheers,

Rémi