Re: kern/52411: Cannot load iwn0 firmware (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200

[Donald Allen <donaldcallen%gmail.com@localhost>]

This is beginning to feel like a documentation problem. I'm damned if
I can find anything in the "Guide" or any of the other documentation
available starting at netbsd.org on how to set up wifi. As I mentioned
in my original report, there was a /libdata/firmware/iwn file and now
I find out that despite this, I needed to install a package to obtain
the firmware? Where is all this documented? Maybe I missed it, but I
did make an effort to find it and did not.

On 16 July 2017 at 19:35, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/52411; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: kern/52411: Cannot load iwn0 firmware (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:33:56 -0000 (UTC)
>
>  christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) writes:
>
>  >On Jul 16,  7:05pm, donaldcallen%gmail.com@localhost (donaldcallen%gmail.com@localhost) wrote:
>  >-- Subject: kern/52411: Cannot load iwn0 firmware (Intel Centrino Wireless-N
>
>  >IIRC there is a sysctl you need to set that you accept the FW eula before
>  >it can load.
>
>  The firmware is part of the iwn-firmware package that needs to be installed.
>
>  --
>  --
>                                  Michael van Elst
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