Re: iwm

[is%netbsd.org@localhost]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 03:25:20PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> I have got this far:
> 
> iwm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9560 (rev. 0x30)
...
> iwm0: flags=0x8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 02:00:00:00:00:00
...
> Anyone know the story of the XXXs ?

This was introduced in version 1.82 of the file:

|   revision 1.82
| date: 2018-06-08 13:18:23 +0200;  author: knakahara;  state: Exp;  lines: +9 -3;  commitid: S4h0fTFkl1oi8tFA;
| iwm(4) workaround as ifp->if_hwdl can be set only once. Advised nonaka@n.o and ozaki-r@n.o, thanks.
| 
| To avoid for iwm(4) to set if_hwdl before loading firmware, use local address
| as dummy. See sys/net/if.c::if_set_sadl().

I'm not familiar with that driver. Does it, maybe, force firmware load
in ifconfig iwm0 up so that you get the real information?

	-is