NAME

       atmel_fwl - Load firmware into Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.

SYNOPSIS

       atmel_fwl <interface> /path/to/firmware

DESCRIPTION

       atmel_fwl loads firmware images for Atmel at76c50x series wireless networking chips into the Linux driver
       for same.

       Note that this utility is not normally necessary, since the driver will automatically  load  the  correct
       firmware  image  via  the hotplug system. Atmel_fwl is provided for applications where use of the hotplug
       system may not be desirable.

       atmel_fwl should be run after the interface has been created (after card insertion, in the case of PCMCIA
       cards) but before it is brought up by running ifconfig.

NOTES

       Note  that  there are two versions of many of the firmware images, the second one with the suffix "-wpa".
       These are later releases from Atmel which support WPA privacy. They are only usable by  versions  of  the
       driver  greater  than 0.9. Be sure not to use the "-wpa" one unless your in-kernel driver code is version
       0.9 or better. Sadly, as of version 0.9, the in-kernel driver does not actually support  the  setting  of
       WPA passphrases.

       The firmware images are usually installed in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.

       The status of the driver, including its firmware loading, is available in /proc/driver/atmel

FILES

       /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware

       /proc/driver/atmel

SEE ALSO

       iwconfig(8), ifconfig(8),

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>.

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