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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:10:15 UTC
The branch main has been updated by thj: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=001d3b0b665d7ed6969cb427f320003dddc6f22d commit 001d3b0b665d7ed6969cb427f320003dddc6f22d Author: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-04-01 08:11:21 +0000 Commit: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-04-11 08:09:24 +0000 Status/2025/Q1/wireless-iwx.adoc: Add status report Reviewed by: salvadore Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49599 --- .../status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wireless-iwx.adoc | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wireless-iwx.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wireless-iwx.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e279f7328d --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wireless-iwx.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +=== Wireless Update + +Contact: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> + +Contact: The FreeBSD wireless mailing list <wireless@FreeBSD.org> + +At the end of 2024 Future Crew LLC provided the source for their iwx port from OpenBSD. +I opted to merge the two drivers together using the Future Crew driver as a base and importing my modifications. + +I worked on this driver, tidying up and removing a lot of development code and expanding support for more devices. +iwx in FreeBSD should now attach to any device supported by OpenBSD. +Firmware is available thanks to mailto:bz@FreeBSD.org[bz@] in the package:net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod[] package. + +iwx landed in FreeBSD on the final day of the quarter. +iwx probes with a lower priority than iwlwifi to avoid breaking deployed configurations. + +iwx supports legacy, HT and VHT rates and some users have reported significant througputs in test. +There remain many issues around rate selection and development is continuing. + + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation