Re: No iwm interface in current.

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:22 +0100
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:

> 
>  Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:55:24 +0100
> Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I updated to today's current from a version from Nov 18th.
> > 
> > I had these lines in loader.conf:
> > 
> > iwm7265Dfw_load="YES"
> > if_iwm_load="YES"
> > 
> > And with those the kernel panics. Then I saw the entry 20241216 in
> > UPDATING. Can't reproduce it here since I'm writing in my phone, but it
> > says the iwm firmwares are now shipped as raw files.
> > So, how can I get the firmware loaded to make my nic work?
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
>  Without panic trace it's hard to really know what's going on but I
> think that the problem is that the firmware wasn't loaded by loader and
> iwm panics since root fs isn't there yet.
>  Just removing those lines will make iwm works again or you can use :
> iwm7265Dfw_load="YES"
> iwm7265Dfw_name="/boot/firmware/iwm7265Dfw"
> iwm7265Dfw_type="firmware"
> 
>  Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
> 

 https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48211 will help too.

 P.S.: Note that I don't understand why anyone wants to load wifi
driver in loader, was it suggested somewhere at some point ?

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>