Re: kern/59714: Struggling with iwm on Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275: could not load firmware + carrier lost

["Michael van Elst via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/59714: Struggling with iwm on Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275: could not load firmware + carrier lost
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:28:53 -0000 (UTC)

 marc@coquand.email writes:
 
 >On my Thinkpad T480S (Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275), I'm having issues connecting to wifi.
 
 
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: could not load firmware (error 35, ok 1)
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: cpu1 status: 0x3030001
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: cpu2 status: 0x0
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: could not load firmware (error 35)
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: could not load firmware (error 35, ok 1)
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: cpu1 status: 0xa5a5a5a0
 >iwm0: autoconfiguration error: cpu2 status: 0xa5a5a5a0
 
 
 The iwm driver has lots of issues and I wonder if it ever worked
 stable for anyone.
 
 I have pulled a couple of changes from OpenBSD in the last weeks
 and now can use an Intel Wireless AC 3168. I try to get some
 other chips (7265 and 8265) to see if these can be used as well.