Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:48:24 -0800 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: mobile@freebsd.org Cc: wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting to try to get a new Dell Precision 5520 laptop running Message-ID: <20180119204824.GO1241@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <20180119134854.GC1241@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20180119134854.GC1241@albert.catwhisker.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 05:48:54AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > ... > One of the "sticking points" so far is that the wireless device is: > none6@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00508086 chip=0x24fd8086 > rev=0x78 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Wireless 8265 / 8275' > class = network > > (and I'm not sure about the "wired Ethernet" -- rather than a jack in > the body of the laptop, Dell supplies a "Thunderbolt" dongle). > .... I poked around a bit and found <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10597>, which apparently updates iwm(4) to support the Intel 8265. With luck, I'll try it out tomorrow. Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org "unfortunately, no trust!” -- well, of course! You reap what you sow. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAEBCgB9FiEEzLfO+ReoAfQwZNd7FTnMQKBJ7hcFAlpiWZhfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEND QjdDRUY5MTdBODAxRjQzMDY0RDc3QjE1MzlDQzQwQTA0OUVFMTcACgkQFTnMQKBJ 7hf4QwgArWL3pFpqDAXT/4dHkM5y7xmsW6gN2FbsglF5BfrrLd0fDYQWhl0ywOmM vdtUgORyy/ibSvljZoQlu6bzsI1qAHvogmI9UP0T44J35XUMpHXQArNrYho3/HsI XN0fQ6clNNh34cr1B1zVLB47m6wszhbeeB8F1mMslImV8I/5xXr1zKpFhyF1kWSA /AikAqvn7yNsV91oE6kk6HDOdwDwfoRXHUz+z/O4cYJUZD5k/NgTrdAaZwIebn3i 5PnXTQbbu7NrlGvzybflxtl+9tC3b5HHmVlKJOzwu5j8MZPQkWkAHKO9u2AbhVQa OzYFZfGqhAqrPgSQjdhKdX1qZiFuGA== =5eil -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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