iwmfw(4)

iwmfw4

Firmware module for intel wireless driver

Usage

To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

device iwmfw

This will include firmware images for all iwm(4) devices inside the kernel. If you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter choose one of the following:

device iwm3160fw device iwm3168fw device iwm7260fw device iwm7265fw device iwm7265Dfw device iwm8000Cfw device iwm8265fw device iwm9000fw device iwm9260fw

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place one of the following lines in loader.conf(5):

iwm3160fw_load="YES"
iwm3168fw_load="YES"
iwm7260fw_load="YES"
iwm7265fw_load="YES"
iwm7265Dfw_load="YES"
iwm8000Cfw_load="YES"
iwm8265fw_load="YES"
iwm9000fw_load="YES"
iwm9260fw_load="YES"

Overview

This module provides access to firmware sets for the Intel Dual Band Wireless WiFi 3160, 3165, 3168, 7260, 7265, 8000, 8260, 8265, 9000 and 9260 series of IEEE 802.11n/11ac adapters. It may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module.

Releases

25 releases since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE; the text changed 12 times.

  1. 11.0
  2. 11.1
  3. 11.2
  4. 11.3
  5. 11.4
  6. 12.0
  7. 12.1
  8. 12.2
  9. 12.3
  10. 12.4
  11. 13.0–13.1
  12. 13.2
  13. 13.3–16.0

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