Regarding iwlwifi(4)
- Reply: Bjoern A. Zeeb: "Re: Regarding iwlwifi(4)"
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 22:38:23 UTC
Hi folks, I'm not really sure whether this is related to the manual page itself or the driver, so bear with me please. Reading the manual page, it's not immediately clear what devices are supported without going not just to the source but seemingly outside of the tree completely - so maybe it'd be a good idea to list the devices; going by src/sys/modules/iwlwifi/ it's a pretty good collection and I'm sure a lot of people would like an easy way to know whether theirs are supported or not. Another thing I noted is that there's it's a bit ambiguous whether iwlwifi(4) is supposed to replace iwm(4) and perhaps others - but from the blobs in the before-mentioned folder, I'm assuming that that is the intention. If it is, then there should probably be some sort of documentation on how this is to be achieved; I'd assume it's done via hints, but having to figure out how from first principles isn't the easiest (I know I'd struggle, although I might eventually succeed). If the only impediment is ENOTIME, I'd be happy to work on making the mdoc changes, provided I can have a enlightenment in how to figure out: 1) Exactly which devices are supported 2) The steps to ensuring that iwlwifi(4) gets used over iwm(4) and others. Yours appreciatively, Daniel Ebdrup Jensen