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Date:      Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:50:27 +0200
From:      Eirik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8verby?= <ltning-freebsd-wireless@anduin.net>
To:        wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8265 / 9560 problems
Message-ID:  <bab0b660d7d67455dfe4762bab3fe8678d90e39a.camel@anduin.net>
In-Reply-To: <20220408124814.7e7b03e2@opal.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.2204071710370.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <20220408124814.7e7b03e2@opal.com>

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On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 12:48 +0200, J.R. Oldroyd wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 17:14:26 +0000 (UTC) "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have reports from at least three people saying that atfer the March 27
> > update associating has become hard and they see firmware crashes.
> > 
> > These were on 8265 / 9560 chipsets.  Some of you tried to gather data
> > for me as well, testing out patches without a positive outcome.
> > I've been able to reproduce this in the lap with a freshly installed 8265.
> > Just wanted to give you that update that I am looking into it.
> > 
> > I hope I'll have a further update soon.
> > 
> > Bjoern
> > 
> 
> I was one of those people reporting this.  I have an 8265.
> 
> For me, applying Bjoern's rssi patch AND also making sure that iwm does
> not load first by using in rc.conf:
> 	devmatch_blacklist="if_iwm.ko"
> solves the firmware crash and allows iwlwifi to load and associate cleanly
> on boot.
> 

I'll be testing this - can you point me to the patch in question (I
think I missed it..?)

Thanks,
/Eirik


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