[Bug 270742] net/wifi-firmware-*: add framework and firmware for various WiFi chipsets

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270742

            Bug ID: 270742
           Summary: net/wifi-firmware-*: add framework and firmware for
                    various WiFi chipsets
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bz@FreeBSD.org
                CC: mat@FreeBSD.org

I am not a ports committer so need help to get this in.

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.

I've opened a review for this in order to sort out any things which might need
changing and to make it easier to pull the changes into any local trees.

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39487

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