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NAME

iwmbtfw – download firmware for Intel Wireless AC Bluetooth USB devices

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS


iwmbtfw [-DI] -d device_name [-f firmware_path]
iwmbtfw -h

DESCRIPTION

The iwmbtfw utility downloads the specified firmware file to the specified ugen(4) device.

This utility will only work with Intel Wireless 7260/8260/9260 chip based Bluetooth USB devices and some of their successors. The identification is currently based on USB vendor ID/product ID pair. The vendor ID should be 0x8087 ( USB_VENDOR_INTEL2) and the product ID should be one of the supported devices.

Firmware files are available in the comms/iwmbt-firmware port.

The iwmbtfw utility will query the device to determine which firmware image and board configuration to load in at runtime.

The options are as follows:
-I Enable informational debugging.
-D Enable verbose debugging.
-d device_name
  Specify ugen(4) device name.
-f firmware_path
  Specify the directory containing the firmware files to search and upload.
-h Display usage message and exit.

EXIT STATUS

The utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

libusb(3), ugen(4), devd(8)

AUTHORS

iwmbtfw is based on ath3kfw(8) utility used as firmware downloader template and on Linux btintel driver source code. It is written by Vladimir Kondratyev <Mt wulf@FreeBSD.org>.

Support for the 7260 card added by Philippe Michaud-Boudreault <Mt pitwuu@gmail.com>.

BUGS

Most likely. Please report if found.
IWMBTFW (8) September 15, 2024
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