Dears,

Please I am unable to find my wifi adaptor in the list when using ip link or iwconfig
I checked dmesg and this is the response
Mar 31 16:56:02 <lfs> kernel: [ 0.599035] iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
Mar 31 16:56:02 <lfs> kernel: [ 0.599047] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
Mar 31 16:56:02 <lfs> kernel: [ 0.599051] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
Mar 31 16:56:02 <lfs> kernel: [ 0.599053] iwl3945: hw_scan is disabled

I checked lspci and I found the driver
I cheked /sys/class/net/ and I am unable to find the wifi folder
I installed the kernel manytime after enabling firmware loader /lib/firmware, I download the full drivers lists from the git and added them all
Please what I have to do next and according to all thoes logs is the driver installed?

Thanks a lot for your help
More than appreciated

The lines starting with iwl3945 mean that the driver is installed and is being triggered by the adaptor model to run, but the missing /sys directory and ip link information means that it is not creating a device. If you do "dmesg grep iwl3945" does it print anything more than the above 4 lines? Does the iwl3945 need to load firmware, and is there firmware in /lib/firmware for it?

Thanks a lot
I really appreciate your support
Please when I do dmesg grep iwl3945 I got nothing addiotnal
I added al the required firmwares in /lib/firmware and I enabled firmware loader directory while building the kernel
Plese how I can create the device then to appear in the sys directory and with ip link?
Thanks a lot again

did you build the driver into the kernel or as a module? it’s been my experience that loading firmware requires the driver to be built as a module

Thanks a lot for your support
Please I want to revise again the full steps if you don't mind
I checked the driver with lspci and I found the driver different than this one
(Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth (rev 99))

I added the two firmwares according to intel documentation to /lib/firware
iwlwifi-7265-14.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-14.ucode

and enabled firmware loader in the kernel and I rebuilt the kernal
I didn't choose any additional driver from the Network device support and now I am unable to get any data for wireless in from dmesg
I reseted the intel devices to start from the beging
Please is there anything I have to do in addition of loading the ucode files or I have to choose intel device too
[*] Intel devices │ │
│ < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection │ │
│ < > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection │ │
│ < > Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN (iwl4965) │ │
│ < > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection (iwl3945) │ │
│ < > Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)

Please here is the full details of my driver

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us.../wireless.html

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
(same firmware as the 7265) 4.2+ iwlwifi-7265-ucode-25.30.14.0.tgz

Thanks wiigelec this was really very helpful , I built it as module
The wirless driver insalled and apeared at the ip link and nowI have to configure it
What id did at first
1) <M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) (Choosing this form the driver)
2) Enabling firmware loader and adding the ucode to the firmware folder
Please note that the minimum supported ucode is
Mar 31 21:06:47 <lfs> kernel: [ 2.750750] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-7265D-22
Mar 31 21:06:47 <lfs> kernel: [ 2.751513] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-7265D-29

Thanks a lot and I hope this will be helpful for anyone