Works nicely on the Chrombook Pixel 2015 i7. Thanks for the update Peter.
$ dmesg OpenBSD 5.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #1749: Wed Dec 16 01:22:42 MST 2015 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 17094049792 (16302MB) avail mem = 16571850752 (15804MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0x7ce42020 (9 entries) bios0: vendor coreboot version "(null)" date 04/02/2015 bios0: GOOGLE Samus acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC MCFG SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices HDEF(S3) WLAN(S3) EHCI(S3) XHCI(S3) ATPA(S3) CODC(S3) LID0(S5) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2408.62 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEA DLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FS GSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,PT,SENSOR,ARAT cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.2.4.1.1.1, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2893.30 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEA DLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FS GSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,PT,SENSOR,ARAT cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu1: smt 1, core 0, package 0 cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor) cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2893.31 MHz cpu2: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEA DLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FS GSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,PT,SENSOR,ARAT cpu2: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu2: smt 1, core 1, package 0 cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor) cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2893.30 MHz cpu3: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEA DLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,LONG,LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FS GSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,PT,SENSOR,ARAT cpu3: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu3: smt 0, core 1, package 0 ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 40 pins acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07) acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(700@148 mwait.1@0x33), C2(900@67 mwait.1@0x10), C1(1000@0 mwait.1@0x1), PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(700@148 mwait.1@0x33), C2(900@67 mwait.1@0x10), C1(1000@0 mwait.1@0x1), PSS acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3(700@148 mwait.1@0x33), C2(900@67 mwait.1@0x10), C1(1000@0 mwait.1@0x1), PSS acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3(700@148 mwait.1@0x33), C2(900@67 mwait.1@0x10), C1(1000@0 mwait.1@0x1), PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 104 degC acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "3487041" serial 809777200 type LION oem "21484737139854675" acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID0 acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2408 MHz: speeds: 2401, 2400, 1700, 1300, 900, 500 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 5G Host" rev 0x09 inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 5500" rev 0x09 drm0 at inteldrm0 inteldrm0: msi inteldrm0: 2560x1700 wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) azalia0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel Core 5G HD Audio" rev 0x09: msi xhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 9 Series xHCI" rev 0x03: msi usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 9 Series PCIE" rev 0xe3 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 iwm0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7260" rev 0xcb, msi pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 9 Series LPC" rev 0x03 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 9 Series AHCI" rev 0x03: msi, AHCI 1.3 ahci0: port 0: 6.0Gb/s scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, KINGSTON RBU-SUS, S9FM> SCSI3 0/direct fixed t10.ATA_KINGSTON_RBU-SUS151S364GD_50026B7E51D7488F_ sd0: 61057MB, 512 bytes/sector, 125045424 sectors, thin "Intel 9 Series Thermal" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16450, no fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1 wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 uvideo0 at uhub0 port 7 configuration 1 interface 0 "NMGAAI00010200253N01253 NCM-G102" rev 2.00/0.02 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub0 port 8 "Intel product 0x07dc" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 3 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets sd1 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 16383MB, 512 bytes/sector, 33553904 sectors root on sd1a (685567a3b591f896.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b clock: unknown CMOS layout iwm0: hw rev 0x140, fw ver 25.228 (API ver 9), address 6c:29:95:23:03:98 video0 at uvideo0 iwm0: could not initiate 2 GHz scan $ ifconfig iwm0 iwm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 6c:29:95:23:03:98 priority: 4 groups: wlan egress media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (HT-MCS4 mode 11n) status: active ieee80211: nwid should_u_b_here chan 149 bssid 60:e3:27:6a:04:e7 47% wpakey <not displayed> wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip inet 192.168.86.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.86.255 Edward. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > For those not following tech@ or the commits closely, it might be nice to > know that 11n support is arriving, as far as I can tell complete in iwm(4) - > common in recent laptop models such as 2014 onwards thinkpads and others > such as my noname (clevo). Next up the older iwn(4), also common in a lot of > laptops out there but possibly more in the slightly older ones such as the > one mentioned in my old piece[1] > > Case in point, with a simple /etc/hostname.iwm0 > > nwid we_see_all_your_naughty_bits wpakey alltomorrowsparties[2] > > the resulting config becomes > > [Wed Dec 16 22:31:42] peter@elke:~$ ifconfig iwm0 > iwm0: flags=208843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6> mtu > 1500 > lladdr a0:a8:cd:63:ab:b9 > priority: 4 > groups: wlan egress > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (HT-MCS6 mode 11n) > status: active > ieee80211: nwid we_see_all_your_naughty_bits chan 36 bssid > e0:3f:49:23:bb:2c 35% wpakey <not displayed> wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk > wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip > inet 192.168.1.95 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet6 fe80::a2a8:cdff:fe63:abb9%iwm0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > Meaning if you have a reasonably recent laptop with something that looks > similar to what 'man iwm' tells you is supported and an 11n access point > within reach, *now* is a good time to see what the new code is good for. > > Enjoy! > > [1] http://bsdly.blogspot.no/2010/01/goodness-of-men-and-machinery.html > [2] no, not really but you can dream