Information about the package, kernel-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kernel-firmware package is designed for, Firmware files used by the Linux kernel.
Package Name:
kernel-firmware
Summary:
Firmware files used by the Linux kernel
Description:
permitted Kernel-firmware includes firmware files required for some devices to operate.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.6.32
Release:
696.30.1.el6
Size:
58 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPL+ and GPLv2+ and MIT and Redistributable, no modification
Control the kernel-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kernel-firmware
This command will install kernel-firmware on the server.
yum remove kernel-firmware
This command will un-install kernel-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kernel-firmware
This command will un-install kernel-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 kernel-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update kernel-firmware
This command will update kernel-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kernel-firmware
This command will update kernel-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 kernel-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info kernel-firmware
This command will show you core information about the kernel-firmware package.
yum deplist kernel-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for kernel-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 kernel-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kernel-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.