Re: iwx status report

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 at 23:08, Pero Orsolic <bsd@orsolic.org> wrote:

> Just stopping by to say thank you for iwx import!
>
> I can now enjoy in 200 Mbps speeds (out of 300 MBps internet connection)
> on my laptop.
> All that without much fuss (wifibox Linux VM forwarding).
>
> It works with my AX200 card, but it doesn't work with AX210 card - it
> couldn't find the firmware (even if it is installed in /boot/firmware/).
> Another person reported the same problem here:
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285905
>
> As far I understand iwx driver was import from OpenBSD (where it is
> limited to non-ac/ax speeds)?
>

I thought 11ac was working fine on OpenBSD.


> What's the difference between iwx and iwlwifi? Who will "win" in the end?
>

There's no "winner", only "options" and "enable development of both native
and linuxkpi drivers". That's our goals right now.


> On my desktop, I am using OpenBSD VM as a router (with PCI passthru) and
> Alpine Linux as WLAN AP (also with PCI passthru, but with patched atk
> driver to work as 5 GHz AP).
> Is it possible to replace that Linux AP with native iwx/iwlwifi/ath
> FreeBSD 5GHz AP?
>
>
You can already do an ath(4) 11n AP just fine on freebsd. I really need to
finish my initial ath10k port (it works though!) and get it into the tree
so I can shuffle it forward along the hardware support line.


> Also, from my iwx laptop, now I can't connect to that Alpine AP. Other
> devices (Android phones) work, other 5GHz WLANs from iwx laptop also work.
> Any hints?


What channel/mode is the alpine AP running on?

Does iwx see it using "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" ?



-adrian