Re: No iwm interface in current.

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 1:53 AM Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
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>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:43:22 +0100
>> Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:
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>> >  Hi,
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>> > On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:55:24 +0100
>> > Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > > I updated to today's current from a version from Nov 18th.
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>> > > I had these lines in loader.conf:
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>> > > iwm7265Dfw_load="YES"
>> > > if_iwm_load="YES"
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>> > > 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
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>> >  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"
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I just removed the lines from /boot/loader.conf and the NIC is up again,
thanks.
I can see these messages in dmesg though:

$ dmesg | grep iwm
iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265> mem 0xdf200000-0xdf201fff irq
16 at device 0.0 on pci2
iwm0: hw rev 0x210, fw ver 22.361476.0, address 10:02:b5:5c:f3:d7
iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265> mem 0xdf200000-0xdf201fff irq
16 at device 0.0 on pci2
iwm7265Dfw: could not load firmware image, error 2
iwm0: hw rev 0x210, fw ver 22.361476.0, address 10:02:b5:5c:f3:d7


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>> >  Cheers,
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>> > --
>> > Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
>> >
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>>  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48211 will help too.
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>>  P.S.: Note that I don't understand why anyone wants to load wifi
>> driver in loader, was it suggested somewhere at some point ?
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> Many people want to run minimal + their drivers and load them all from the
> loader. With the firmware shift, we may need to defer drivers that need
> firmware until after mountroot generally.
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In my case it's always been in loader.conf. I don't remember when I put it
there.

Would suggesting removing the load of the modules for iwm(4) worth
mentioning in UPDATING?

Cheers


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