How To Install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36.
What is atmel-firmware
The drivers for Atmel at76c50x wireless network chips in the Linux 2.6.x kernel but do not include the firmware. This firmware needs to be loaded by the host on most cards using these chips.
We can use yum or dnf to install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install atmel-firmware.
Install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install atmel-firmware using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install atmel-firmware
Install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install atmel-firmware using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install atmel-firmware
How To Uninstall atmel-firmware on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the atmel-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove atmel-firmware
atmel-firmware Package Contents on Fedora 36
/lib/firmware/COPYING.atmel-firmware
/lib/firmware/COPYRIGHT-usb.atmel-firmware
/lib/firmware/README-usb.atmel-firmware
/lib/firmware/README.atmel-firmware
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502_3com-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502_3com.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502d-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502d.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502e-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c502e.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c503-i3861.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c503-i3863.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c503-rfmd.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c504.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c504_2958-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c504a_2958-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c504c-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c505-rfmd.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c505-rfmd2958.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c505a-rfmd2958.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c506-wpa.bin
/lib/firmware/atmel_at76c506.bin
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware/COPYRIGHT-usb
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware/README
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware/README-usb
/usr/share/doc/atmel-firmware/VERSION
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atmel-firmware on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
