Hi,

> 19. sep. 2021 kl. 09:15 skrev sunrise <[email protected]>:
> 
> OpenBSD version: 6.9 and 7.0
> Hello. When I try install OpenBSD, in logs I see this error with Intel 
> Wireless AC-9560 wifi card:
> iwm0: could not read firmware iwm-9000-46 (error 2)
> iwm0: failed to load init firmware
> WiFi is not working due to this error. How to fix it?

Unfortunately this is as expected.

iwm(4) is among the drivers that require a bit of proprietary firmware to be 
loaded for the device to work. For reasons known only to somebody at Intel, 
they never granted the OpenBSD project permission to redistribute the firmware 
with the operating system installer.

The workaround is to perform the install using a network interface that either 
does not require firmware or that will work with redistributable firmware.

The installer will detect the presence of the iwm(4) device and download the 
firmware so the device will start working once the firmware is present and 
loaded.

This question turns up frequently enough that it might be useful to put into 
the FAQ somewhere.

- Peter


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