Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 06:37:24 +0100 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Intel Wi-Fi: scope of iwx(4) on FreeBSD Message-ID: <0e1690b9-1426-4ecd-a6f4-5185f00dc4ef@gmail.com>
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Yesterday's <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/2ad0f7e91582dde5475ceb1a1942930549e5c628>; mentions support for many recent cards. Should we assume that all less recent hardware is out of scope? Alternatively, is my rc.conf file mis-configured? The wlan4 lines below. Thanks root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # sysrc devmatch_blocklist devmatch_blocklist: i915kms if_iwlwifi iwm root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # kldload iwx kldload: can't load iwx: No such file or directory root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # ls -hln /boot/kernel/*iwx* -r--r--r-- 1 0 0 227K Mar 31 22:01 /boot/kernel/if_iwx.ko root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # kldload if_iwx kldload: can't load if_iwx: module already loaded or in kernel root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # ifconfig iwx0 ifconfig: interface iwx0 does not exist root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # grep wlan4 /etc/rc.conf wlans_iwx0="wlan4" create_args_wlan4="wlanmode sta country GB regdomain etsi" create_args_wlan4="country GB regdomain etsi" ifconfig_wlan4="WPA DHCP" root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # uname -mvKU FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT main-n276197-680d34896c36 GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 1500035 1500035 root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # grep SIOCIFCREATE /var/log/console.log Apr 1 05:41:20 mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd kernel: ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan4): Device not configured root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # apropos iwx apropos: nothing appropriate root@mowa219-gjp4-zbook-freebsd:~ # iwx.4 in OpenBSD-current: <https://man.openbsd.org/iwx.4>;
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