IWNFW(4)

💖 IWNFW 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the iwnfw page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual and it's literally the firmware glow-up your Intel wifi card has been waiting for ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

iwnfw — Firmware Module for Intel Wireless driver 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so like, you got two ways to do this and both are valid, no cap 💅

🎀 Option one: bake it into the kernel

To compile this module into the kernel, drop this line into your kernel configuration file:

device iwnfw

This will include firmware images for all iwn(4) devices inside the kernel. it's giving "everything, everywhere, all at once" 🫶

But wait — if you wanna pick only the firmware image for your network adapter, choose one of the following, bestie:

device iwn1000fw
device iwn100fw
device iwn105fw
device iwn135fw
device iwn2000fw
device iwn2030fw
device iwn4965fw
device iwn5000fw
device iwn5150fw
device iwn6000fw
device iwn6000g2afw
device iwn6000g2bfw
device iwn6050fw

🌈 Option two: load it as a module at boot time

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

iwn1000fw_load="YES"
iwn100fw_load="YES"
iwn105fw_load="YES"
iwn135fw_load="YES"
iwn2000fw_load="YES"
iwn2030fw_load="YES"
iwn4965fw_load="YES"
iwn5000fw_load="YES"
iwn5150fw_load="YES"
iwn6000fw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
iwn6050fw_load="YES"

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

This module provides access to firmware sets for the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 100, 105, 135, 1000, 2000, 2030, 4965, 5000 and 6000 series of IEEE 802.11n adapters. 🌐✨

It may be statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module. either way she's serving, and either way she's doing her job 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• iwn(4)
• firmware(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌸 this lil beauty lives in the Debian collection, dated August 30, 2014 — yeah she's an elder but she ate and left no crumbs, periodt 🎀💖🦋