Synopsis: iwx device fails to read firmware
Category: kernel
Environment:
System : OpenBSD 7.7
Details : OpenBSD 7.7-current (GENERIC.MP) #53: Fri Jul 11
07:40:44 MDT 2025
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
Machine : amd64
Description:
I am having issues loading firmware for an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 card,
which is supposed to be supported by the iwx driver. The exact
message I get is the following:-
iwx0: could not load firmware, 35
iwx0: failed to load init firmware
I get this message when I try to run /etc/netstart and when the
system boots up. I have upgraded to running current,but the
issue persists.
How-To-Repeat:
Run OpenBSD 7.7 on a device having the specified
card.
Fix:
I don't know of any fix for this problem.
dmesg:
OpenBSD 7.7-current (GENERIC.MP) #53: Fri Jul 11 07:40:44 MDT 2025
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 16825982976 (16046MB)
avail mem = 16289251328 (15534MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 3.2 @ 0x8cc77000 (61 entries)
bios0: vendor LENOVO version "R16ET26W (1.12 )" date 06/08/2020
bios0: LENOVO 20RAS0SG00
efi0 at bios0: UEFI 2.7
efi0: Lenovo rev 0x1a0
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 6.1
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT TPM2 SSDT HPET APIC
MCFG ECDT SSDT NHLT BOOT SSDT LPIT WSMT SSDT DBGP DBG2 MSDM BATB DMAR
BGRT UEFI FPDT
acpi0: wakeup devices XHC_(S3) XDCI(S4) HDAS(S4) RP01(S4) PXSX(S4)
RP02(S4) PXSX(S4) RP03(S4) PXSX(S4) RP04(S4) PXSX(S4) RP05(S4)
PXSX(S4) RP06(S4) PXSX(S4) RP07(S4) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 23999999 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz, 1789.63 MHz,
06-8e-0c, patch 00000100
cpu0: cpuid 1
edx=bfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
ecx=77fafbbf<SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
cpu0: cpuid 6 eax=27f7<SENSOR,ARAT> ecx=9<EFFFREQ>
cpu0: cpuid 7.0
ebx=29c67af<FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SGX,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,MPX,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT>
edx=bc000600<SRBDS_CTRL,MD_CLEAR,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,L1DF,SSBD>
cpu0: cpuid a vers=4, gp=4, gpwidth=48, ff=3, ffwidth=48
cpu0: cpuid d.1 eax=f<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES>
cpu0: cpuid 80000001 edx=2c100800<NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG>
ecx=121<LAHF,ABM,3DNOWP>
cpu0: cpuid 80000007 edx=100<ITSC>
cpu0: msr
10a=a0a0c2b<IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL,MDS_NO,MISC_PKG_CT,ENERGY_FILT,FB_CLEAR,RRSBA,GDS_CTRL,RFDS_NO>
cpu0: 32KB 64b/line 8-way D-cache, 32KB 64b/line 8-way I-cache, 256KB
64b/line 4-way L2 cache, 4MB 64b/line 16-way L3 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 24MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.2.4.1.1.1, IBE
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz, 1630.45 MHz,
06-8e-0c, patch 00000100
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz, 1590.67 MHz,
06-8e-0c, patch 00000100
cpu2: smt 1, core 0, package 0
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU @ 2.10GHz, 1590.48 MHz,
06-8e-0c, patch 00000100
cpu3: smt 1, core 1, package 0
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 120 pins
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
acpiec0 at acpi0
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)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus 4 (RP09)
acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP10)
acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP11)
acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP12)
acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus 7 (RP13)
acpiprt14 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP14)
acpiprt15 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP15)
acpiprt16 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP16)
acpiprt17 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP17)
acpiprt18 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP18)
acpiprt19 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP19)
acpiprt20 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP20)
acpiprt21 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP21)
acpiprt22 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP22)
acpiprt23 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP23)
acpiprt24 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP24)
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
acpithinkpad0 at acpi0: version 2.0
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "5B10W138" serial 7088 type LiP oem "LGC"
"LEN0100" at acpi0 not configured
"INT3403" at acpi0 not configured
"INT3403" at acpi0 not configured
"INT3403" at acpi0 not configured
acpicmos0 at acpi0
"LEN0071" at acpi0 not configured
"LEN213E" at acpi0 not configured
pchgpio0 at acpi0 GPI0 addr 0xfd6e0000/0x10000 0xfd6d0000/0x10000
0xfd6a0000/0x10000 irq 14, 320 pins
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"INT0E0C" at acpi0 not configured
acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB(wakeup)
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
intelpmc0 at acpi0: PEPD
state 0: 0x7f:1:2:0x00:0x0000000000000060
counter: 0x7f:64:0:0x00:0x0000000000000632
frequency: 0
state 1: 0x7f:1:2:0x00:0x0000000000000060
counter: 0x00:32:0:0x03:0x00000000fe00193c
frequency: 9580
acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID_(wakeup)
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
"INT3400" at acpi0 not configured
tpm0 at acpi0 TPM_ 2.0 (TIS) addr 0xfed40000/0x5000, device 0x00fc1050 rev 0x1
"USBC000" at acpi0 not configured
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS, resource for XHC_
acpipwrres1 at acpi0: USBC, resource for XDCI
acpipwrres2 at acpi0: V0PR
acpipwrres3 at acpi0: V1PR
acpipwrres4 at acpi0: V2PR
acpipwrres5 at acpi0: WRST
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151
mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151
mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151
mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3(200@1034 mwait.1@0x60), C2(200@151
mwait.1@0x33), C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
acpitz0 at acpi0
acpitz0: critical temperature is 128 degC
acpipwrres6 at acpi0: PIN_
acpipwrres7 at acpi0: PINP
acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD1F
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1789 MHz: speeds: 2501, 2500, 2400, 2300,
2100, 2000, 1800, 1700, 1500, 1300, 1200, 1000, 800, 700, 600, 400 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 10G Host" rev 0x0c
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel UHD Graphics" rev 0x02
drm0 at inteldrm0
inteldrm0: msi, COMETLAKE, gen 9
"Intel Core 6G Thermal" rev 0x0c at pci0 dev 4 function 0 not configured
"Intel Core GMM" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured
pchtemp0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "Intel 400 Series Thermal" rev 0x00
xhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 400 Series xHCI" rev 0x00: msi, xHCI 1.10
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev
3.00/1.00 addr 1
"Intel 400 Series Shared SRAM" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 not configured
iwx0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201" rev 0x00, msix
"Intel 400 Series MEI" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
ahci0 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "Intel 400 Series AHCI" rev 0x00: msi,
AHCI 1.3.1
ahci0: port 0: 6.0Gb/s
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, Samsung SSD 850, EMT0> naa.5002538d41b318e6
sd0: 476940MB, 512 bytes/sector, 976773168 sectors, thin
ppb0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 400 Series PCIE" rev 0xf0: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 4
re0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x10: RTL8168GU/8111GU
(0x5080), msi, address 54:05:db:9d:1c:ee
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8251, rev. 0
ppb1 at pci0 dev 29 function 4 "Intel 400 Series PCIE" rev 0xf0: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 7
nvme0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Kioxia", unknown product 0x000c
rev 0x00: msix, NVMe 1.4
nvme0: KBG50ZNS512G NVMe KIOXIA 512GB, firmware 11200108, serial X2FPHEN8Q6BK
scsibus2 at nvme0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <NVMe, KBG50ZNS512G NVM, 1120>
sd1: 488386MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1000215216 sectors
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 400 Series LPC" rev 0x00
azalia0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 400 Series HD Audio" rev 0x00: msi
azalia0: codecs: Conexant/0x1f86, Intel/0x280b, using Conexant/0x1f86
audio0 at azalia0
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 "Intel 400 Series SMBus" rev 0x00:
apic 2 int 16
iic0 at ichiic0
"Intel 400 Series SPI" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pms0: Elantech Clickpad, version 4, firmware 0x7f3001
wsmouse1 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x4e/2: W83627THF rev 0x27
vmm0 at mainbus0: VMX/EPT
efifb at mainbus0 not configured
uvideo0 at uhub0 port 8 configuration 1 interface 0 "Chicony
Electronics Co.,Ltd. Integrated Camera" rev 2.01/26.99 addr 2
video0 at uvideo0
ugen0 at uhub0 port 9 "Generic Goodix FingerPrint Device" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 3
ugen1 at uhub0 port 10 "Intel Bluetooth" rev 2.01/0.00 addr 4
ure0 at uhub0 port 15 configuration 1 interface 0 "Realtek USB
10/100/1000 LAN" rev 3.00/30.00 addr 5
ure0: RTL8153 (0x5c30), address e2:01:50:73:6c:aa
rgephy1 at ure0 phy 0: RTL8251, rev. 0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
sd2 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 006>
sd2: 488126MB, 512 bytes/sector, 999682111 sectors
root on sd2a (9d4b0687668f189c.a) swap on sd2b dump on sd2b
inteldrm0: 1920x1080, 32bpp
wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
iwx0: could not load firmware, 35
iwx0: failed to load init firmware
iwx0: could not load firmware, 35
iwx0: failed to load init firmware
usbdevs:
Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 01: 8086:0000 Intel, xHCI root hub
super speed, self powered, config 1, rev 1.00
driver: uhub0
addr 02: 04f2:b6d9 Chicony Electronics Co.,Ltd., Integrated Camera
high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, rev 26.99, iSerial 0001
driver: uvideo0
addr 03: 27c6:55a4 Generic, Goodix FingerPrint Device
high speed, power 100 mA, config 1, rev 1.00
driver: ugen0
addr 04: 8087:0033 Intel, Bluetooth
full speed, self powered, config 1, rev 0.00
driver: ugen1
addr 05: 0bda:8153 Realtek, USB 10/100/1000 LAN
super speed, power 72 mA, config 1, rev 30.00, iSerial 000001
driver: ure0
