Re: Unusable Realtek NIC after upgrading to NetBSD 9

[Vincent DEFERT <20.100%defert.com@localhost>]

    Engrampa is the archive manager of MATE.
      
      The files besides the .bin have .exe, .dll and .sys suffixes,
      likely the firmware update utility for Windows users.
      _If your BIOS has a firmware update functionality_, it will be
      able to do the job safely, or will issue an error message it it
      can't.
    I have
        applied this technique to an Intel NUC and it is what I've
        observed.
      The only risk then is to use an improper firmware and brick
      the laptop, but I think you have already checked that.
      
      You may also want to check the release notes of the firmware
      update to see if it is worth applying.

On 18/09/2020 11:02, Rocky Hotas wrote:

> On set 17 13:13, Vincent DEFERT wrote:
> > I have extracted it using Engrampa and made a tgz archive with the files in
> > it.
> > You can download it here: http://defert.com/tmp/sp66770.tgz
> >
> > There's a .bin file in it, I think it's all you need on your USB stick.
> >       
> Thanks, I didn't know Engrampa. I'm quite hesitant, being this is a
> non-standard procedure: what if, during the BIOS installation, the program
> requires the missing files and doesn't find them?
> I'm not familiar with BIOS updates, the only thing I know is if something
> goes wrong, the laptop could become useless.
>