Re: 8265 / 9560 problems

On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 12:48 +0200, J.R. Oldroyd wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 17:14:26 +0000 (UTC) "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have reports from at least three people saying that atfer the March 27
> > update associating has become hard and they see firmware crashes.
> > 
> > These were on 8265 / 9560 chipsets.  Some of you tried to gather data
> > for me as well, testing out patches without a positive outcome.
> > I've been able to reproduce this in the lap with a freshly installed 8265.
> > Just wanted to give you that update that I am looking into it.
> > 
> > I hope I'll have a further update soon.
> > 
> > Bjoern
> > 
> 
> I was one of those people reporting this.  I have an 8265.
> 
> For me, applying Bjoern's rssi patch AND also making sure that iwm does
> not load first by using in rc.conf:
> 	devmatch_blacklist="if_iwm.ko"
> solves the firmware crash and allows iwlwifi to load and associate cleanly
> on boot.
> 

I'll be testing this - can you point me to the patch in question (I
think I missed it..?)

Thanks,
/Eirik