Re: Intel Wi-Fi: scope of iwx(4) on FreeBSD

Hey Graham,

I haven't tested this but I see in the code review page that you need to grab and install openbsd's firmware for iwx. See if it works after installing them.

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49259

Jonathan Vasquez
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-------- Original Message --------
On 4/1/25 01:37, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote:

>  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>
>  
>  
>