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OpenBSD includes firmware it can permissively redistribute, for example as of 7.1, OpenBSD developers spent many months working with Realtek to change the firmw
by brynet 4y ago
OpenBSD includes firmware it can permissively redistribute, for example as of 7.1, OpenBSD developers spent many months working with Realtek to change the firmware license for rtwn(4), urtwn(4) and rsu(4) wireless devices so that it could be included in base and on the install media.
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=163331097625151&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=163331097625151&w=2
For firmware that cannot be distributed on the install media, it is instead packaged separately and made installable through fw_update(8), if you have a working Internet connection will be fetched automatically from the installer or on first boot.
You can also add firmware to install media yourself, if you have an existing OpenBSD install:
https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#WifiOnly https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#WifiOnly