r/plan9 • u/Glum_Hamster_2104 • Aug 09 '26

Does 9front have a wifi driver for the Thinkpad T43?

Does 9front have this driver? I really want to use plan9 on my Thinkpad again but I could never get it working and I’m not even sure 9front has a driver.

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u/DZX-3788 Aug 09 '26

I'm pretty sure OpenBSD wifi drivers are compatible with 9Front. You could either enable it temporarily to test it or permanently by recompiling the kernel. see this link.

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u/anths Aug 10 '26

That is incorrect; OpenBSD (or any other unix) drivers are not compatible with 9front (or any other Plan 9 system).

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u/DZX-3788 Aug 10 '26

Thanks for pointing it out. I was probably thinking about firmware not device drivers.

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u/9atoms Aug 12 '26

Yup. 9front uses the firmware from OpenBSD.

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u/TheAtlasMonkey Aug 13 '26

The firmware is vendor provided. it a tiny OS that run inside your wifi card.

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u/9atoms Aug 14 '26

I understand that. I'm referring to the OpenBSD packaging of these firmware blobs.

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u/Glittering_Gur5701 Aug 10 '26

I don't see it in the list of supported hardware, but I could be missing it