> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Hans Rosenfeld" <rosenf...@grumpf.hope-2000.org> > Subject: [developer] HEADS UP: new driver for Intel WifiLink > 4965/100/1000/2000/5000/6000 > Date: November 9, 2016 at 1:40:30 PM GMT+1 > To: disc...@grumpf.hope-2000.org, develo...@lists.illumos.org > Reply-To: develo...@lists.illumos.org > > Hi, > > if you're not using Intel wifi devices with illumos you can safely > ignore this message. > > Illumos just received the new port of the NetBSD iwn driver for Intel > WifiLink 4965/100/1000/2000/5000/6000 series of devices. > > This driver was so far only tested with 6000 series devices. I would > appreciate to receive any test results on any of the other supposedly > supported hardware, especially the 4965 and 5000 series that are > currently supported by the iwk and iwh drivers. To switch to iwn for > such a device you'll need to run update_drv twice, once to remove the > PCI ID from the old driver and again to add it to iwn. Here's an > example of how to do this for a 4965 device: > > # update_drv -d -i pciex8086,4229 iwk > # update_drv -a -i pciex8086,4229 iwn > > > The iwp driver, which supports some older variants of the 6000 series, > was changed to no longer attach to any devices by default. If you've > been using iwp until now you will automatically be using iwn after > updating illumos. If you run into any problems with iwn you can file a > bug report and temporarily switch back to iwp using the update_drv > method described above. > > > Hans > > > -- > %SYSTEM-F-ANARCHISM, The operating system has been overthrown > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-developer > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182179/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182179/25033492-6af06f0e > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25033492&id_secret=25033492-fa2f869b > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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