Re: iwlwifi / rtw88 / rtw89 hw crypto request for test (precon for HT/VHT)

On 3/5/25 22:06, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> Currently firmware is still in sys/ but will be removed soon-ish.

That explains.



>>> #fwget
>>> Needed firmware packages: 'gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-geminilake wifi- 
>>> firmware-iwlwifi-kmod-9000'
>>> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'wifi-firmware- 
>>> iwlwifi-kmod-9000' have been found in the repositories
> 
> Why is that?  Which version of FreeBSD are you on?

14.2, but I build my packages (with Poudriere).
However, after building net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod, it still says it 
can't be found.



>> In ports I see net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod, but it seems it's not 
>> the same thing.
> 
> It is; the -9000 at the end is a flavour as you only need the firmware
> bits for these chipsets but not for all the possible cards.

OK.
So I build this specific flavour and now fwget seems to be happier.
I'm not sure this is how it should be expected to work, though.



  bye & Thanks
	av.