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Wi-Fi adapters

Intel BE200-class PCIe family

A discrete Intel Wi-Fi 7 family using the GL transport and FM radio path. A Wi-Fi 7 source entry is a starting point for diagnosis, not a feature-completeness rating.

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  1. Overview & identity
  2. Driver & binding
  3. Firmware
  4. Read-only diagnostics
  5. Limitations & related issues
  6. References

Overview & identity

8086:272b has a GL MAC entry. The BE200 name additionally requires FM radio and discrete-device conditions; the profile therefore keeps the family wording.

Curated identifiers
pci 8086:272b

A numeric match establishes a candidate family within the reviewed evidence. Marketing names, board variants, subsystem conditions and successful operation remain separate questions.

Driver & binding

iwlwifi is the transport candidate; the reviewed table gates newer paths on configured operating modes. GL/FM firmware prefixes are declared in bz.c, with the full filename determined by firmware selection.

  • iwlwifi — kernel driver/module candidate

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Firmware

Host-loaded firmware required

The configuration declares these filename branches. Revision and the running driver determine the requested API file; use that exact log entry.

Checked examples or filename branches, not a complete installation list:

  • iwlwifi-gl-b0-fm-b0-*.ucode
  • iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-*.ucode

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Read-only diagnostics

Run one displayed command at a time. Replace uppercase placeholders with the affected device, interface or module from your own output. Commands are never executed here. Read-only output can still contain private identifiers.

Read the selected PCI function

lspci -nnk -s BDF

Replace BDF with the address from your report. Compare Kernel driver in use with Kernel modules; only the former records binding. This ordinary query normally needs no root privileges.

Read firmware metadata

modinfo -F firmware MODULE

Replace MODULE with iwlwifi or the actual candidate module in your report. Metadata lists declared filenames; it does not prove a file was loaded. This query needs no root privileges.

Read existing Wi-Fi association

iw dev INTERFACE link

Replace INTERFACE with the wireless interface from iw dev. Association and rate are observations, not a throughput or firmware test. This query normally needs no root privileges.

Limitations & related issues

The PCI pair alone does not establish MLO, channel width, a specific board name or successful initialization. Read RF details and the running kernel configuration.

These guides are linked for relevant observations, not as known defects of every device in this family.

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References

Source review records a checked implementation or document, not a reproduced hardware test. Version-specific tables do not establish a minimum kernel or guaranteed operation.