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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 16:08:12 -0400 |
| commit | b9cde963555b6519c5dbd34a39dee3418f593437 (patch) | |
| tree | 453accad3c3286e3416d4160de4a87223aff684c /static/freebsd/man4/iwx.4 | |
| parent | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (diff) | |
feat: Added FreeBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/iwx.4 b/static/freebsd/man4/iwx.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f978b21 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/iwx.4 @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: iwx.4,v 1.21 2025/03/27 15:12:14 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2020 Stefan Sperling <stsp@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd November 14, 2025 +.Dt IWX 4 amd64 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm iwx +.Nd Intel WiFi 6 IEEE 802.11ax wireless network driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +include the following lines in your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device iwx" +.Cd "device pci" +.Cd "device wlan" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following lines in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_iwx_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports the Intel Wi-Fi 6 series of M.2 +wireless network adapters. +If the appropriate hardware is detected, and +.Xr iwlwifi 4 +is blacklisted in +.Xr rc.conf 5 , +the driver will be automatically loaded with +.Xr devmatch 8 . +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or at boot with +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +.Pp +These are the modes the +.Nm +driver can operate in: +.Bl -tag -width "monitor mode" +.It station mode +This is used when associating with an access point, +through which all traffic passes. +Background scanning is supported in this mode, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +Station mode is the default. +.It monitor mode +In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +associating with an access point. +This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +or to scan for access points. +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports the following M.2 wireless network adapters: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact +.It +Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 +.It +Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 CNVi +.It +Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210 +.It +Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX211 CNVi +.El +.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES +The +.Nm +driver supports the following +.Xr sysctl 8 +variables: +.Bl -tag -width "hw.usb.mtw.debug" +.It Va dev.iwx.?.debug +Specify debug level as a bitmask. +Default +.Ql 0 . +.El +.Sh FILES +The +.Nm +driver requires firmware from +.Pa ports/net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod . +This firmware package will be installed automatically with +.Xr fwget 8 +if the appropriate hardware is detected at installation or runtime. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "iwx0: device timeout" +A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete +in time. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.It "iwx0: fatal firmware error" +For some reason, the firmware crashed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.It "iwx0: radio is disabled by hardware switch" +The radio transmitter is off and thus no packet can go out. +The driver will reset the hardware. +Make sure the laptop radio switch is on. +.It "iwx0: could not read firmware ... (error N)" +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from +the filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.It "iwx0: firmware too short: N bytes" +The firmware image is corrupted and can't be loaded into the adapter. +.It "iwx0: could not load firmware" +An attempt to load the firmware into the adapter failed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr iwlwifi 4 , +.Xr iwlwififw 4 , +.Xr wlan 4 , +.Xr networking 7 , +.Xr fwget 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver appeared in +.Fx 15.0 . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver does not support hardware encryption offload. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver does not support 802.11ax. +Additional work is required in +.Xr ieee80211 9 +before those features can be supported. |
