Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:40:51 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drivers and firmware for an Intel WiFi 1000 series network card Message-ID: <4D7E7D53.9090106@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1300130444.2334.75.camel@hp-laptop> References: <1300130444.2334.75.camel@hp-laptop>
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On 14/03/2011 19:20, Jesse Smith wrote: > Good-day, > > I hope this is the right list to bring this up. I'm new to FreeBSD and > I'm trying to get the OS running on my laptop. Everything seems to work > okay, except for my wireless card. It's an Intel WiFi 1000 series. > > >From what I've read, most open source OSes don't include the firmware > for this device. I'm curious if > > A) FreeBSD has the drivers/firmware for this card? > B) If not, is there anything I can do to help get the required > driver/firmware? Hi, I believe this uses the iwn driver, the manpage indicates that you would want to kldload iwn1000fw then kldload if_iwn The manpage lists how to make this persistent on boot. Vince > Thank you, > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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