Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:03:31 -0300 From: "Danilo G. Baio" <dbaio@FreeBSD.org> To: "Emmanuel Vadot" <manu@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 94e94d2dddfa - main - UPDATING: Add a notes for iwm(4) firmware and pkgbase users Message-ID: <539b19c4-d1e7-4448-8dbb-f4b2f974722e@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202412160947.4BG9lG3Z092493@gitrepo.freebsd.org> References: <202412160947.4BG9lG3Z092493@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2024, at 06:47, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > The branch main has been updated by manu: > > URL: > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=94e94d2dddfa43aa0aa3ad8aa3ab6d72363e4bd0 > > commit 94e94d2dddfa43aa0aa3ad8aa3ab6d72363e4bd0 > Author: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2024-12-16 09:46:05 +0000 > Commit: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2024-12-16 09:46:05 +0000 > > UPDATING: Add a notes for iwm(4) firmware and pkgbase users > > Sponsored by: Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG > --- > UPDATING | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING > index 2a67a65a92ed..4fef13073431 100644 > --- a/UPDATING > +++ b/UPDATING > @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 15.x IS SLOW: > world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality > at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".) > > +20241216: > + The iwm(4) firmwares are no longer compiled as kernel modules but instead > + shipped as raw files. For pkgbase users if you use iwm(4) you will need > + to install the FreeBSD-firmware-iwm package. Hi, I upgraded my dev box today (pkgbase/weekly packages) and got a kernel panic. Then I installed FreeBSD-firmware-iwm, but still got a panic. To get it working again, I had to comment out these entries from the /boot/loader.conf: if_iwm_load="YES" iwm8265fw_load="YES" Now it's booting; the device works, but I don't know how. =) -- Danilo G. Baio
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