Information about the package, atmel-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The atmel-firmware package is designed for, Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless network chips.
Package Name:
atmel-firmware
Summary:
Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless network chips
Description:
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.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.3
Release:
7.el6
Size:
145 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Redistributable, no modification permitted
Control the atmel-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install atmel-firmware
This command will install atmel-firmware on the server.
yum remove atmel-firmware
This command will un-install atmel-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove atmel-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove atmel-firmware
This command will un-install atmel-firmware on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove atmel-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update atmel-firmware
This command will update atmel-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove atmel-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update atmel-firmware
This command will update atmel-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove atmel-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info atmel-firmware
This command will show you core information about the atmel-firmware package.
yum deplist atmel-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for atmel-firmware. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update atmel-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on atmel-firmware. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.