Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78) on FreeBSD 12

[Pete Wright]

On 05/24/2018 05:55, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2018 09:46:13 -0700
> Pete Wright <pete at nomadlogic.org> wrote:
>
>> On 05/23/2018 00:41, David Pan wrote:
>>> how config the Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78) on
>>> FreeBSD 12?I installed FreeBSD 12 on my thinkpad t470p ,and can not
>>> drive the Intel Wireless Card.
>>> please help me fix that,
>> I have this working on my end under both 12-current and 11-stable.
>> here's my configuration:
>>
>> output from "pciconf -lv"
>> iwm0 at pci0:3:0:0:    class=0x028000 card=0x10108086 chip=0x24fd8086
>> rev=0x78 hdr=0x00
>>      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>      device     = 'Wireless 8265 / 8275'
>>      class      = network
>>
>>
>> to bring up the card i have added this entry to /etc/rc.conf:
>>
>> kld_list="if_iwm"
>>
>> then configuring the interface is the same as any other wifi as per the
>> handbook, the device will be available as "iwm0".
> Shouldn't you load some firmware as well? That's what the iwm(4) manual
> and WiFi/FAQ wiki page[1] say.

on my system loading if_iwm via the above rc.conf entry pulls in the 
appropriate firmware kld:

$ kldstat|grep iwm
  6    1 0xffffffff82c21000 14af0    if_iwm.ko
  7    1 0xffffffff82c36000 1ba76f   iwm8265fw.ko

-pete

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