otusfw(4)

otusfw4

Firmware module for ar9170 driver

Usage

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device otusfw

This will include the firmware image, AR9170, inside the kernel. otus(4) will load the image into the chip.

Alternatively, to load the firmware images as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

otusfw_init_load="YES"
otusfw_main_load="YES"

Overview

This module provides the firmware for the Atheros AR9170 based USB WiFi adapters.

Releases

25 releases since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE; the text changed 11 times.

  1. 11.0
  2. 11.1
  3. 11.2
  4. 11.3
  5. 11.4
  6. 12.0
  7. 12.1
  8. 12.2
  9. 12.3
  10. 12.4
  11. 13.0–13.2
  12. 13.3–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.