Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:43:46 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> To: Tassilo Philipp <tphilipp@potion-studios.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwlwifi(4) on riscv64 (intel ax200) Message-ID: <10pp4pqn-oosp-9437-7q32-proos1p57r9n@mnoonqbm.arg> In-Reply-To: <20260117535483.43589553@potion-studios.com>
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2026, Tassilo Philipp wrote: Hi, > I thought I simply share this here, maybe it's useful to someone. I got an > intel wifi-6 ax200 m.2 slot card working on a HiFive Unmatched board w/ fbsd > 15.0. It seems to work fine for me, so far, but it's in no way thoroughly > tested... > > In order to build the if_iwlwifi kernel module I needed to disable ACPI in > the module's Makefile, and patch a source file to add some missing ACPI > related #ifdefs. > > Also, some firmware files need to be built and installed via ports' > net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod. Those firmware files can be built on any > platform - when building them on riscv64 themselves, a small patch needs to > be applied to net/wifi-firmware-kmod so riscv64 isn't excluded, though. > > Anywho, to have a seemingly working iwlwifi(4) on my riscv64 setup, the > following steps were needed: > > 1) make sure src is installed > 2) apply attached patch (which does the tweaks described above) > 3) build/install kernel module from source: > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwlwifi > make > make install clean > 4) install firmware port: > cd /usr/ports/net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod > make install clean > 5) kldload wlan_ccmp wlan_amrr if_iwlwifi > > As said, thought that I share this here, happy that it's working, but no idea > or guarantee about stability and correctness. There is a stack of 5 changes open for review as of last night: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54694 One is for the firmware in ports. The others are (a) ACPI related for RISC-V so we get the headers on __riscv as well so we do not have to change other driver code, and (b) module Makefile related to enable ACPI based on DEV_ACPI and factor out the LinuxKPI wireless drivers in their own block also compiling them on RISC-V. Turns out rtw89 is broken requiring ACPI unconditionally (also on Linux it seems) so it's currently disabled until I get to the point of fixing that in an upstreamable way. Hope they can land soon. Thanks a lot again for letting us know! /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7home | help
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