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

From: Tom Jones <thj_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:44:01 UTC 

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, at 12:51, ltning-freebsd-wireless@anduin.net wrote:
> Tested this on my Framework 13 (Intel) yesterday. Driver binds to the 
> card but cannot find/load the firmware, despite iwlwifi firmwares being 
> installed.
>
> On first try, it's clear that the file does not exist (checked 
> /boot/firmware):
>
> iwx0: <Wi-Fi 6 AX210> mem 0x7a200000-0x7a203fff at device 0.0 on pci2
> iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-77.ucode: could not load firmware image, error 2
> iwx0: could not read firmware iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-77.ucode
> iwx0: failed to load init firmware
> iwx0: failed to stop device
>

Can you share the relevant output from pcifconf?

> It's gotta get worse before it gets better, I'm told ;)
>

Pretty much :D


- Tom