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author | Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-14 21:50:06 +0000 |
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committer | Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-14 21:50:06 +0000 |
commit | 39955554acd549bea6deb2be28f92a93c6e430e9 (patch) | |
tree | ef0b0b26a1039ba5b9931967dfbb5fb37eb28572 | |
parent | 9399da327e13efabbf0161e7b25f520bbca8e395 (diff) |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/wpi.4 b/share/man/man4/wpi.4 index 649fe093c2f7..bc6e7964942e 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wpi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wpi.4 @@ -149,154 +149,3 @@ driver was written by .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr and .An Benjamin Close Aq benjsc@FreeBSD.org . -.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2007 -.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. -.\" Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice unmodified, this list of conditions, and the following -.\" disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" -.Dd March 6, 2007 -.Os -.Dt WPI 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm wpi -.Nd "Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 driver" -.Sh SYNOPSIS -To compile this driver into the kernel, -place the following lines in your -kernel configuration file: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Cd "device wpi" -.Cd "device pci" -.Cd "device wlan" -.Cd "device wlan_amrr" -.Cd "device firmware" -.Ed -.Pp -Alternatively, to load the driver as a -module at boot time, place the following lines in -.Xr loader.conf 5 : -.Bd -literal -offset indent -if_wpi_load="YES" -wlan_load="YES" -wlan_amrr_load="YES" -firmware_load="YES" -.Ed -.Pp -In both cases, place the following line in -.Xr loader.conf 5 -to load the firmware modules: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -wpifw_load="YES" -.Ed -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver is an experimental driver providing support for the -.Tn Intel -3945ABG Wireless network adapter -.Pp -By default, the -.Nm -driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). -This mode requires the use of an access point. -.Pp -For more information on configuring this device, see -.Xr ifconfig 8 . -.Pp -This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. -For the loaded firmware to work the license at -.Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE -must be agreed to and the following line be added to -.Xr loader.conf 5 : -.Pp -.Dl "legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1" -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE" -compact -.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE -.Nm -firmware license -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): -.Pp -.Dl "ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00" -.Pp -Join a specific BSS network with network name -.Dq Li my_net : -.Pp -.Dl "ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net" -.Pp -Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e - wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 -.Ed -.Pp -Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e - wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1 -.Ed -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Bl -diag -.Xr firmware 9 -subsystem. -Verify that the necessary firmware modules are loaded and the -license agreement -.Xr loader 8 -tunable has been set. -.It "wpi%d: could not load firmware" -An attempt to upload the firmware image to the onboard microcontroller failed. -This should not happen. -.It "wpi%d: fatal firmware error" -An unknown error has occurred in the uploaded firmware, you may have to -unload/reload the driver to continue. -.It "wpi%d: Radio transmitter is switched off" -The hardware switch controlling the radio is currently turned off. -Data transmission is not possible in this state. -.Sh BUGS -Not all the error messages are documented here. -.Pp -Automatic recovery of firmware failures is not currently supported, nor is -detection of toggling the radio switch on. -.Pp -Background scanning is not currently supported. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr altq 4 , -.Xr ipw 4 , -.Xr iwi 4 , -.Xr pci 4 , -.Xr wlan 4 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 -.Sh AUTHORS -.An -nosplit -The -.Nm -driver was written by -.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr -and -.An Benjamin Close Aq benjsc@FreeBSD.org . |