Re: Please test new drivers in main (iwlwifi, rtw88, rtw89)

On Sun, 26 Oct 2025, ltning-freebsd-wireless@anduin.net wrote:

> On 10/23/25 23:45, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I put updated drivers based on Linux v6.17 (I skipped 6.14 for iwlwifi, and
>> a previously prepared v6.16 for iwlwifi, rtw88, rtw89 [1]) so that it would 
>> only
>> be one version change to merge in the hope to still get them into FreeBSD 
>> 15.0.
>
> Hola, I just switched from 15 to main to test this, and it behaves (after a 
> minimum of testing) exactly like stable/15 did. It works,

Thanks for testing and reporting back!

> but has the same 
> problems as well: On resume, reconnecting to wifi requires one or two 
> interface restarts.
>
> Attached is messages log from the resume; my "service netif restart wlan0" 
> happened at 14:22:00. When it restarts, it associates almost instantly but 
> sits without an IP until something in the driver or firmware triggers.

Yes, I am still hoping I will eventually have a laptop to test myself but
once the release bits are sorted I'll put at least the s/r framework in so
I can figure out the appropriate actions along with people who actually
can susepend and resume.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7