Wireless Intel 8260 driver for FreeBSD

[Subbsd]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try loading iwm, not iwn.
>
>
> then sysctl net.wlan.devices
>
> -a
>
>
> On 8 November 2016 at 13:34, Subbsd <subbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Adrian,
>>
>> I've use FreeBSD 12 from
>> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics.git (
>> drm-next-4.7 branch on latest commits ) because only with this code
>> works (with regular panic ;-) my graphics card. May be i miss
>> something here? :
>>
>> % FreeBSD home.my.domain 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0
>> f16dfbd(drm-next-4.7)-dirty: Mon Nov  7 15:03:35 MSK 2016
>> root at home.my.domain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>>
>>
>> % pciconf -vl | grep -B2 Wireless
>> none5 at pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
>> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>>
>> % kldload iwn
>> kldload: can't load iwn: module already loaded or in kernel
>>
>>
>> % pciconf -vl | grep -B2 Wireless
>> none5 at pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
>> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>>
>> %  ifconfig -a
>> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>>         options=4019b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
>>         ether b8:ae:ed:ea:46:99
>>         inet6 fe80::baae:edff:feea:4699%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>>         inet 192.168.2.117 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>>         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>>         status: active
>> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
>>         options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
>>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>>         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>         groups: lo
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hiya,
>>>
>>> Have you tried freebsd-11 or -head?
>>>
>>> The eventual aim is to get 7260 and 8xxx series support into
>>> freebsd-head and freebsd-11 in the 'iwm' driver.
>>>
>>>
>>> -a
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 November 2016 at 13:20, Subbsd <subbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know about the possibility of using Wireless 8260 ?
>>>> I initially addressed this issue to freebsd at intel.com, but it seems no
>>>> one is home. It is difficult to assume that such a huge and rich
>>>> company like Intel@ can not keep at least one FreeBSD driver developer
>>>> and all the work is done by community (after spending the money to
>>>> purchase equipment ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:40 PM
>>>> Subject: Wireless 8260 driver for FreeBSD
>>>> To: freebsd at intel.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I've  buy http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i5syk.html
>>>> harware and wish to use this as development desktop platform on my
>>>> office with FreeBSD OS (at the moment i setup FreeBSD 12-CURRENT
>>>> snapshot).
>>>>
>>>> With a big community/developers help via FreeBSD maillist I was able
>>>> successfull to make of the graphics subsystem ( DRM 4.7 from
>>>> dev-branch: https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/wiki
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> Looks like all other hardware compatible with FreeBSD 12 except
>>>> wirelless devices. I can find any information about Wireless 8260 and
>>>> FreeBSD.
>>>>
>>>> On Intel.com site, i see official FreeBSD ethernet drivers ( em ), but
>>>> can't find any drivers for wireless. Some people indicated to iwn
>>>> driver:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+12-current&arch=default&format=html
>>>>
>>>> But it not works for me.
>>>>
>>>> My pciconf -vl output from FreeBSD NUC 6i5syk:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> none5 at pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
>>>> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>>>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>>>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>>>>     class      = network
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where I can find the driver if it exists? Or is there some kind of
>>>> timeline when you plan to upgrade iwn for 8260 ?
>>>>
>>>> Thx!


Ahh, sorry, my bad.

With if_iwm all much better:

iwm0: <Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260> mem 0xdf000000-0xdf001fff irq
16 at device 0.0 on pci1
iwm0: hw rev 0x200, fw ver 16.242414.0, address 00:c2:c6:b7:6f:88

% sysctl  sysctl net.wlan.devices
net.wlan.devices: iwm0

Thank you, Adrian! ( and shame to Intel dev anyway ;-)