I just ran some comparisons of the iwm(4) and the iwlwifi(4) drivers for my FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Lenovo X1 Carbon (gen 6).
After three tests of each driver the results suggest that:
1) iwlwifi is a more reliable connection (across jitter, latency and drops).
2) iwlwifi download is 200%+ higher than iwm
3) iwm upload is 350%+ higher than iwlwifi
4) iwm connects at 54Mbps 802.11a
5) iwlwifi connects at 802.11ac 80 MHz (VHT/80+)
Really promising improvements so far.
@kedara if you're not already on 15 or 16, upgrade the base OS. STABLE will be better than RELEASE, if you have no special requirement for RELEASE. Use pkgbase.
If you are already on 15-STABLE or 16-CURRENT, you should find that iwm(4) is more stable, but less performant, than iwlwifi(4).
No mention of devmatch_blocklist anywhere in the FreeBSD Handbook or the documentation portal. You'll find it in the third manual page below. Good luck.
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwlwifi&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-current>
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-current>
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-current>
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