Re: git: abf6e1a49e94 - main - iwlwifi: update man pages

On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 10:21:22 +0000 (UTC)
"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 00:39:54 GMT
> > "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The branch main has been updated by bz:
> >>
> >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c
> >>
> >> commit abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c
> >> Author:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
> >> AuthorDate: 2022-03-04 00:27:00 +0000
> >> Commit:     Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
> >> CommitDate: 2022-03-04 00:35:42 +0000
> >>
> >>     iwlwifi: update man pages
> >>
> >>     Update man pages given auto-loading is now enabled by default and
> >>     no user configuration is needed to load the driver.
> >>     Also note that the iwlwifi driver will appear the first time in 13.1-R.
> >>
> >>     Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
> >>     MFC after:      3 days
> >>     Relnotes:       yes
> >
> > Does this mean that iwlwifi will be now prefered to iwn/iwm ?
> 
> It'll never be preferred to iwn as we don't support the old chipsets
> in iwlwifi.
> 
> The entire dance with the commits before this one (being able to adjust
> the probe return value from LinuxKPI) was that iwlwifi will NOT (yet) be
> preferred to iwm for chipsets (PCI IDs) iwm supports.
> 
> iwlwifi will only auto-attach by default for the newer chipsets which
> are otherwise not supported by other drivers (where iwlwifi is the only
> option).
> 
> /bz
> 
> -- 
> Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7

 Ok, thanks for the explaination, it wasn't really clear to me ;)

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>