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

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/52411; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: Donald Allen <donaldcallen%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>, gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/52411: Cannot load iwn0 firmware (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:45:27 +0700

     Date:        Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:59:40 -0400
     From:        Donald Allen <donaldcallen%gmail.com@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <CAPsTYbwFbj6XaEF8x=-X=XJDUaP56a6gWQSaCbrTYO=TC=QGsA%mail.gmail.com@localhost>
 
   | So I think
   | it's reasonable to assume that I had the same firmware files you do,
 
 Not necessarily, it may just be that your particular hardware is not
 supported in NetBSD 7 - which model iwn is it?
 
 Over time, more chipsets have been supported, and the number of firmware
 files has grown.
 
 Earlier (though I don't remember how far back) there were apparent
 licensing issues with the files - it was thought that we were unable
 to distribute them, hence the requirement (in the past) to install them
 from pkgsrc.   That question has since been cleared up.
 
 kre