IWMFW(4)

💖 IWMFW(4) 💖

okay so real talk bestie, this is a Kernel Interfaces Manual page, section 4, and it's about iwmfw — the Firmware Module for the Intel Wireless driver. yes, the whole page is basically "here's the firmware, go put it in your kernel." iconic of it honestly. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

iwmfw — Firmware Module for Intel Wireless driver 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

so to compile this module into the kernel, you literally just drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device iwmfw

that one line includes firmware images for all iwm(4) devices inside the kernel. slay, one-and-done. 💅

but wait, if you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter, choose one of these instead:

device iwm3160fw
device iwm3168fw
device iwm7260fw
device iwm7265fw
device iwm7265Dfw
device iwm8000Cfw
device iwm8265fw
device iwm9000fw
device iwm9260fw

alternatively (yes there's an alternatively, keep up 🫶), to load the driver as a module at boot time, place one of the following lines in loader.conf(5):

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"

ngl the capitalization is doing a lot here — iwm7265Dfw and iwm8000Cfw have capital letters in them, so copy them exactly, don't get cute and lowercase them. 💀

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

this module provides access to firmware sets for the Intel Dual Band Wireless WiFi 3160, 3165, 3168, 7260, 7265, 8000, 8260, 8265, 9000 and 9260 series of IEEE 802.11n/11ac adapters. that's a whole lot of numbers, and every single one of them is in there. 🔥

it may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module. your choice, bestie, both are valid. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• iwm(4)
• firmware(9)

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and that's the tea 🍓 — this page is from the Debian gang, dated February 4, 2023, and it lives at IWMFW(4). mwah, go connect to some wifi 💜🧚