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Date:      Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:25:04 -0700
From:      "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: iwm not in GENERIC kernel
Message-ID:  <1282E750-97FF-43A7-BFEE-3B82597311F0@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20171029010942.GD5682@gmail.com>
References:  <20171029010942.GD5682@gmail.com>

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> On Oct 28, 2017, at 18:09, Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> wrote:
>=20
> I have an Intel NUC that uses an Intel 8260 wireless driver. This =
works
> flawlessly if I load the module if_iwm via the loader or the rc.conf
> kld_list directive.
>=20
> Do we know if the iwm driver not being in GENERIC is an oversight or =
on
> purpose? I couldn't find anything in the list history.

It=E2=80=99s on purpose since it has a binary blob firmware driver that =
it relies on, IIRC.
-Ngie

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