Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:27:53 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No wifi (iwn) after main-n278149-6b96e7a57317 -> main-n278156-b2ac169802eb Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomGs7D7n1-KRACiL-csrjphaB8VTnzb1NA15xdWLJPu4w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aFmVZX-8i4BagBDf@albert.catwhisker.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] yo! I took a look, there's like 7? diffs between those two commits and none of them are obviously affecting wifi? What's showing up in dmesg? Anything obviously weird? -a On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 10:57, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > TL;DR: Wireless NIC iwn was working on my main laptop with > main-n278149-6b96e7a57317; after updating (this morning) to > main-n278156-b2ac169802eb, it did not. > > Some additional details: > * For the last few weeks, I have only tested this at home (daily > updates/tracking head); this morning, the rebuild itself was done at > home, but by the time for the reboot after the update, I was on my way > to the office, so I was on a commuter train (with WiFi that uses a > captive portal). > * The "wifi" LEP on the laptop, which normally is on when the wiwif NIC > is enabled, was not on. I tried issung "service netif restart wlan0"; > the wifi LED flickered briefly, then went out. > * I rebooted to stable/14 (stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035) while still > on the same train, and was able to see the wifi NIC working. > * The same laptop is presently running stable/14 > (stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035), using wifi, in the office. It had > also successfully used the wifi NIC under stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035 > at home. > * A different laptop (that I use for travel when I expect to need to > cross a country's border), and which normally uses its wired NIC (em0) > when it is at home came up under main-n278156-b2ac169802eb and > had no issues with the wored NIC. (It's at home right now; I > can't readily flip the BIOS switch to tell it to activate the > wireless NIC from here.) > > I note that main-n278156-b2ac169802eb is just a couple of commits beyond > the current "stabweek" point, so that may be something of which to be > aware. > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by > the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never > get into." > > See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr">yo!<div><br></div><div>I took a look, there's like 7? diffs between those two commits and none of them are obviously affecting wifi?</div><div><br></div><div>What's showing up in dmesg? Anything obviously weird?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-a</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 10:57, David Wolfskill <<a href="mailto:david@catwhisker.org">david@catwhisker.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">TL;DR: Wireless NIC iwn was working on my main laptop with<br> main-n278149-6b96e7a57317; after updating (this morning) to<br> main-n278156-b2ac169802eb, it did not.<br> <br> Some additional details:<br> * For the last few weeks, I have only tested this at home (daily<br> updates/tracking head); this morning, the rebuild itself was done at<br> home, but by the time for the reboot after the update, I was on my way<br> to the office, so I was on a commuter train (with WiFi that uses a<br> captive portal).<br> * The "wifi" LEP on the laptop, which normally is on when the wiwif NIC<br> is enabled, was not on. I tried issung "service netif restart wlan0";<br> the wifi LED flickered briefly, then went out.<br> * I rebooted to stable/14 (stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035) while still<br> on the same train, and was able to see the wifi NIC working.<br> * The same laptop is presently running stable/14<br> (stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035), using wifi, in the office. It had<br> also successfully used the wifi NIC under stable/14-n271780-0ee191f2f035<br> at home.<br> * A different laptop (that I use for travel when I expect to need to<br> cross a country's border), and which normally uses its wired NIC (em0)<br> when it is at home came up under main-n278156-b2ac169802eb and<br> had no issues with the wored NIC. (It's at home right now; I<br> can't readily flip the BIOS switch to tell it to activate the<br> wireless NIC from here.)<br> <br> I note that main-n278156-b2ac169802eb is just a couple of commits beyond<br> the current "stabweek" point, so that may be something of which to be<br> aware.<br> <br> Peace,<br> david<br> -- <br> David H. Wolfskill <a href="mailto:david@catwhisker.org" target="_blank">david@catwhisker.org</a><br> “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by<br> the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never<br> get into."<br> <br> See <a href="https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg</a>; for my public key.<br> </blockquote></div>home | help
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