Cannot configure AC9560 wireless card with iwm driver

[_73]

I cannot get FreeBSD to find my wireless card. It does not show up in ifconfig -a.

root@S76BSD:~ # sysctl net.wlan.devices
net.wlan.devices:

In my /boot/loader.conf I load the iwm and iwm_firmware modules:

if_iwm_load="YES"
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"

In my rc.conf:

wpa_supplicant_program="/usr/local/sbin/wpa_supplicant"
wlans_iwm0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"

I have my network configured in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:

network={
        ssid="my-network"
        psk="secret-password"
}

It seems that the iwm and iwmfw drivers are loaded succesfully:

root@S76BSD:~ # kldload if_iwm
kldload: can't load if_iwm: module already loaded or in kernel

root@S76BSD:~ # kldload iwm9260fw
kldload: can't load iwm9260fw: module already loaded or in kernel

I cannot start the netif service (I get this same message during boot):

root@S76BSD:~ # service netif start
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
...

Here is my wireless card model:

root@S76BSD:~ # pciconf -lv | grep -B 2 -A 1 'WiFi'
none3@pci0:0:20:3:    class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x02f0 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0034
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi'
    class      = network

In searching my device model I found some conflicting results for if this card is a AC9560 or
AX201 device. Because I was unsure of the model I reached out to my hardware vendor and they confirmed that my device is
an AC9560 device. My computer is a System 76 Darter Pro 6.

Below is a zip of my /var/run/dmesg.boot after booting in verbose mode:

 

[SirDice]

none3@pci0:0:20:3: class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x02f0 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0034

This particular variant doesn't seem to be supported by the iwm(4) driver. At least not on 13.0-RELEASE.

if_iwm.c « iwm « dev « sys - src - FreeBSD source tree

cgit.freebsd.org

It doesn't appear to have been added to -CURRENT either.

src - FreeBSD source tree

cgit.freebsd.org

 

[_73]

This particular variant doesn't seem to be supported by the iwm(4) driver. At least not on 13.0-RELEASE.

Ok I see. I should have mentioned that I am on 13.0-RELEASE. I am going to purchase a new Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9560 card. How can I be sure that the card I purchase is compatible with the iwm driver? For example I found this card on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-AC-9560-2230-Gigabit/dp/B07G42J6KQ

 

[scottro]

Note that FreeBSD doesn't provide AC wireless speeds yet.

 

[jbo@]

Ok I see. I should have mentioned that I am on 13.0-RELEASE. I am going to purchase a new Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9560 card. How can I be sure that the card I purchase is compatible with the iwm driver? For example I found this card on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-AC-9560-2230-Gigabit/dp/B07G42J6KQ

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad P1 with an Intel 9560 card and it works with the iwm driver under FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE p4. As noted currently only in 802.11n mode tho.