Re: Starting to try to get a new Dell Precision 5520 laptop running

David Wolfskill <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:48:24 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
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On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 05:48:54AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
> ...
> One of the "sticking points" so far is that the wireless device is:
> none6@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x00508086 chip=0x24fd8086
> rev=0x78 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'Wireless 8265 / 8275'
>     class      = network
> 
> (and I'm not sure about the "wired Ethernet" -- rather than a jack in
> the body of the laptop, Dell supplies a "Thunderbolt" dongle).
> ....

I poked around a bit and found <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10597>,
which apparently updates iwm(4) to support the Intel 8265.  With luck,
I'll try it out tomorrow.

Peace,
david
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