On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 17:14:26 +0000 (UTC) "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <b...@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.
-jr
