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net/wifi-firmware-*: add framework and firmware for various WiFi chipsets

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net/wifi-firmware-*: add framework and firmware for various WiFi chipsets

Add a "base port framework" to fetch (WiFi) firmware and license files
from the linux-firmware.git repository and an accompanying FreeBSD
build kmod framework tarball (for now; we might do without that in
the future).
Add child ports for Realtek rtw88 and rtw89, Mediatek mt76, and
Atheros ath10k and ath11k firmware as a start.

This is a beginning in order to stop bloating src.git and the
installed kernels with lots of MB of firmware files whereas usually
only one vebdor/chipset/flavor is needed. Before fully switching
more infrastructure needs to be in place but this is the first and
most important step.

PR: 270742
Reviewed by: lwhsu
Approved by: lwhsu (ports)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39487

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Provenance
bzAuthored on Apr 9 2023, 1:29 AM
Reviewer
lwhsu
Differential Revision
D39487: net/wifi-firmware-*: add framework and firmware for various WiFi chipsets
Parents
R11:df687223708c: x11-wm/hyprland-devel: restore port
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