It seems like the best way to get WiFi working in FreeBSD is to run Linux in bhyve and tunnel your connections through there.

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wolvoleo an hour ago | parent | next [-]

FreeBSD 15 has done a lot for WiFi apparently.

I'm not sure how good it is as I don't use wifi but it's supposed to be much better.

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whalesalad an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

the fact that this is a widely accepted/encouraged practice is genuinely unhinged

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mtlmtlmtlmtl an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Why? Nothing wrong with running your network interface in a VM. There are reasons for doing so even if drivers aren't an issue. Qubes OS does this, for instance, for security reasons.

	▲	wolvoleo an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Windows also does. Almost everything is a VM in windows these days. It's just how things work these days. If you'd say "I run my VPN client in a docker container" it would raise a lot less eyebrows. Yet it's not very different, really. Though conceptually I'd frown at having to run Linux. I'd prefer upgrading the hardware to a supported chip.

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skydhash an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really weird when some firmware are close to being full blown OS. An alpine VM can be run with 64 MB which is lower than a lot of software.

	▲	fullstop 23 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've used cellular modems which run Linux or ThreadX internally.
	▲	Hasslequest 13 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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