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Date:      Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:21 +0100
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        Fernando =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: No iwm interface in current.
Message-ID:  <20241227095321.a8309bd2512b9d43f944e530@bidouilliste.com>
In-Reply-To: <20241227094322.64a88d47bc806904f40a51d3@bidouilliste.com>
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:22 +0100
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:

>=20
>  Hi,
>=20
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:55:24 +0100
> Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > I updated to today's current from a version from Nov 18th.
> >=20
> > I had these lines in loader.conf:
> >=20
> > iwm7265Dfw_load=3D"YES"
> > if_iwm_load=3D"YES"
> >=20
> > And with those the kernel panics. Then I saw the entry 20241216 in
> > UPDATING. Can't reproduce it here since I'm writing in my phone, but it
> > says the iwm firmwares are now shipped as raw files.
> > So, how can I get the firmware loaded to make my nic work?
> >=20
> > Cheers
>=20
>  Without panic trace it's hard to really know what's going on but I
> think that the problem is that the firmware wasn't loaded by loader and
> iwm panics since root fs isn't there yet.
>  Just removing those lines will make iwm works again or you can use :
> iwm7265Dfw_load=3D"YES"
> iwm7265Dfw_name=3D"/boot/firmware/iwm7265Dfw"
> iwm7265Dfw_type=3D"firmware"
>=20
>  Cheers,
>=20
> --=20
> Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
>=20

 https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48211 will help too.

 P.S.: Note that I don't understand why anyone wants to load wifi
driver in loader, was it suggested somewhere at some point ?

--=20
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>



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