On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Radoje Stojisic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've installed Gentoo on my ThinkPad T460p couple of times. For some reason > I can't get the WiFi working. I did the installation with SystemRescueCD > because I needed working WiFi for the install. > > So here comes the question: > > I've installed the Genkernel. Does Genkernel enables the iwlwifi driver > automatically? Or do I need the modify the kernel on my own? I've installed > Gentoo with KDE. iwconfig showed no wifi interface. > > > Thanks for any advice. > > Greetings > > -Radi > >
As already pointed out, this driver does require firmware to run. See below. drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig:1,31 config IWLWIFI tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) " depends on PCI && MAC80211 && HAS_IOMEM select FW_LOADER ---help--- Select to build the driver supporting the: Intel Wireless WiFi Link Next-Gen AGN This option enables support for use with the following hardware: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6250AGN Adapter Intel 6000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN) Intel WiFi Link 1000BGN Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN Intel 6005 Series Wi-Fi Adapters Intel 6030 Series Wi-Fi Adapters Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter Intel 100 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN) Intel 2000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters Intel 7260 Wi-Fi Adapter Intel 3160 Wi-Fi Adapter Intel 7265 Wi-Fi Adapter Intel 8260 Wi-Fi Adapter Intel 3165 Wi-Fi Adapter This driver uses the kernel's mac80211 subsystem. In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. Also, see this Gentoo wiki article for instructions on how to set up your driver: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iwlwifi
