Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:56:43 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org> Cc: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [iwlwifi] fail to load firmware Message-ID: <CACNAnaE9pq8z0QjvOXD4igWye=OHNmRaO40ba6EJyEQenpbVcg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2112291729550.68830@ai.fobar.qr> References: <46c49e54-de1f-6cd0-0ba5-499e209a7e57@nomadlogic.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2112291711380.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2112291729550.68830@ai.fobar.qr>
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 11:36 AM Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 29 Dec 2021, Pete Wright via freebsd-wireless wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pete,
> >
> >> hello - i've got an intel device currently working under iwm:
> >>
> >> iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 9560> mem 0xdd338000-0xdd33bfff at
> >> device 20.3 on pci0
> >> iwm0: hw rev 0x310, fw ver 34.3125811985.0, address
> >>
> >> after building CURRENT on the 28th and attempting to load if_iwlwifi via
> >> /boot/loader.conf i get these errors when the firmware tries to load:
>
> I am sorry; I hadn't fully realised; if you load the driver from
> loader you'd have to load the fimrware manually as well as otherwise
> there's no file system yet to load it from.
>
> Problem is the loader.conf syntax doesn't allow you to say,
> foo-bar-baz_load="YES".
>
FWIW you can work around this, but it's ugly. We offer ${module}_name
to specify the actual name of a module, so:
my_fw_with_dashes_load="YES"
my_fw_with_dashes_name="my-fw-with-dashes"
Thanks,
Kyle Evans
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