[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: [developer] HEADS UP: new driver for Intel WifiLink 4965/100/1000/2000/5000/6000

[Adam Števko]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: "Hans Rosenfeld" <rosenfeld at 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: discuss at grumpf.hope-2000.org, developer at lists.illumos.org
> Reply-To: developer at 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
> 
> 
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