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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-02-04 13:24:36 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-02-04 13:24:36 +0000
commit26c9d13d695ae83b57de7156569bcf66002d4793 (patch)
tree8c373766b4c94aa5be01e79bb43bf6f75562eb4f
parent233155347874ca93fc095b06af365784d8be882e (diff)
various minor fixes; ok halex
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.153
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1 b/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1
index 8adae70eb00..fa79e169137 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: fw_update.1,v 1.16 2014/01/30 00:12:09 halex Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: fw_update.1,v 1.17 2014/02/04 13:24:35 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Alexander Hall <alexander@beard.se>
.\"
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 30 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 4 2014 $
.Dt FW_UPDATE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fw_update
-.Nd install, update or delete non-free firmware packages
+.Nd install non-free firmware packages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl adnv
@@ -27,47 +27,42 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility installs or updates firmware packages from the Internet.
-Since firmware with acceptable licenses are already present in
-.Ox ,
-.Nm
-exists purely to install and update firmware that may not be freely
-distributed with
-.Ox .
-.Pp
+utility installs, updates, or deletes firmware packages for
+.Ar driver
+from the Internet.
If no
.Ar driver
is specified, the
.Nm
utility tries to determine which firmware are needed on the system.
.Pp
+Since firmware with acceptable licenses are already present in
+.Ox ,
+.Nm
+exists purely to deal with firmware that may not be freely
+distributed with
+.Ox .
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a
-Select all available firmware for the requested operation.
+Install or update firmware for all drivers.
It is an error to specify this option with any
.Ar driver
arguments.
.It Fl d
-Change the operation mode to delete firmware from the system.
-This option requires drivers to be specified, or the
-.Fl a
-flag.
+Delete firmware for
+.Ar driver .
+If used in conjunction with
+.Fl a ,
+delete firmware for all drivers.
.It Fl n
-Pass the
-.Fl n
-flag to
-.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
-causing it to not actually install or update any firmware packages,
-just report the steps that would be taken if it did.
+Dry run.
+Do not actually install or update any firmware packages;
+just report the steps that would be taken.
.It Fl v
-Turn on verbose output and pass the
-.Fl v
-flag to
-.Xr pkg_add 1 .
-This flag can be specified multiple times for increased
-.Xr pkg_add 1
-verbosity.
+Turn on verbose output.
+This flag can be specified multiple times for increased verbosity.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,