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Date:      Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:44:09 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To:        Subbsd <subbsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Wireless Intel 8260 driver for FreeBSD
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Try loading iwm, not iwn.


then sysctl net.wlan.devices

-a


On 8 November 2016 at 13:34, Subbsd <subbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Adrian,
>
> I've use FreeBSD 12 from
> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics.git (
> drm-next-4.7 branch on latest commits ) because only with this code
> works (with regular panic ;-) my graphics card. May be i miss
> something here? :
>
> % FreeBSD home.my.domain 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0
> f16dfbd(drm-next-4.7)-dirty: Mon Nov  7 15:03:35 MSK 2016
> root@home.my.domain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>
>
> % pciconf -vl | grep -B2 Wireless
> none5@pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>
> % kldload iwn
> kldload: can't load iwn: module already loaded or in kernel
>
>
> % pciconf -vl | grep -B2 Wireless
> none5@pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>
> %  ifconfig -a
> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         options=4019b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
>         ether b8:ae:ed:ea:46:99
>         inet6 fe80::baae:edff:feea:4699%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet 192.168.2.117 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>         status: active
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
>         options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>         nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>         groups: lo
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hiya,
>>
>> Have you tried freebsd-11 or -head?
>>
>> The eventual aim is to get 7260 and 8xxx series support into
>> freebsd-head and freebsd-11 in the 'iwm' driver.
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 8 November 2016 at 13:20, Subbsd <subbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know about the possibility of using Wireless 8260 ?
>>> I initially addressed this issue to freebsd@intel.com, but it seems no
>>> one is home. It is difficult to assume that such a huge and rich
>>> company like Intel@ can not keep at least one FreeBSD driver developer
>>> and all the work is done by community (after spending the money to
>>> purchase equipment ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:40 PM
>>> Subject: Wireless 8260 driver for FreeBSD
>>> To: freebsd@intel.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've  buy http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6i5syk.html
>>> harware and wish to use this as development desktop platform on my
>>> office with FreeBSD OS (at the moment i setup FreeBSD 12-CURRENT
>>> snapshot).
>>>
>>> With a big community/developers help via FreeBSD maillist I was able
>>> successfull to make of the graphics subsystem ( DRM 4.7 from
>>> dev-branch: https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/wiki
>>> )
>>>
>>> Looks like all other hardware compatible with FreeBSD 12 except
>>> wirelless devices. I can find any information about Wireless 8260 and
>>> FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> On Intel.com site, i see official FreeBSD ethernet drivers ( em ), but
>>> can't find any drivers for wireless. Some people indicated to iwn
>>> driver:
>>>
>>> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+12-current&arch=default&format=html
>>>
>>> But it not works for me.
>>>
>>> My pciconf -vl output from FreeBSD NUC 6i5syk:
>>>
>>>
>>> none5@pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x90108086 chip=0x24f38086
>>> rev=0x3a hdr=0x00
>>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>>     device     = 'Wireless 8260'
>>>     class      = network
>>>
>>>
>>> Where I can find the driver if it exists? Or is there some kind of
>>> timeline when you plan to upgrade iwn for 8260 ?
>>>
>>> Thx!
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