Created attachment 261135 [details] dmesg output I upgraded from 14.2-p3 to 14.3 using the recommended commands: $ freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.3-RELEASE $ reboot $ freebsd-update install $ reboot $ freebsd-update install However, after rebooting the iwlwifi driver fails to load. Please see the attached screenshot for the complete error message. I switched back to the 14.2 BE in the meantime. Was the upgrade perhaps corrupted or is it a bug? Thanks
Please run fwget to install firmware. This was announced announced in March on various lists and done in April: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless/2025-April/003145.html It's mentioned in the release notes: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.3R/relnotes/#wireless-networking And it's mentioned in UPDATING: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/UPDATING?h=releng/14.3 Let me know if that helps. I probably should send another reminder to stable@ for people.
Thanks, I completely missed that! It's a bit annoying with a moment 22 where I cannot download the firmware because of no connection nor I have ports installed. But I'll sort it out with another NIC. Feel free to close this issue.
I managed to fix it. My Realtek RTL8125 wired wasn't working either but I managed to switch back to my old boot environment and download the firmware there and copy it to the new BE.
(In reply to mburetorp from comment #3) I am sorry you had to find out the hard way. You finding it hopefully gave other people a chance to be reminded or to see it given I figured to send the reminder email. I am happy you managed to recover! Hope it'll work and hope you'll get 11n or 11ac now.