Re: 8265 / 9560 problems

From: J.R. Oldroyd <fbsd_at_opal.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:48:24 UTC 
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.

	-jr