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| author | Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> | 2021-01-25 21:45:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-01-25 21:45:03 +0000 |
| commit | bfc99943b04b46a6c1c885ce7bcc6f235b7422aa (patch) | |
| tree | f6090ce008f9b372fe3d2ad5ccecb3add60e4a07 /share | |
| parent | 1b109c69ed625ebf292c1d16f7a3efcab96722e5 (diff) | |
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ndis.4 | 155 |
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 159 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 10034a72d608..65f8bc817db3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ mx25l.4 \ mxge.4 \ my.4 \ - ${_ndis.4} \ net80211.4 \ netdump.4 \ netfpga10g_nf10bmac.4 \ @@ -715,7 +714,6 @@ MLINKS+=msk.4 if_msk.4 MLINKS+=mwl.4 if_mwl.4 MLINKS+=mxge.4 if_mxge.4 MLINKS+=my.4 if_my.4 -MLINKS+=${_ndis.4} ${_if_ndis.4} MLINKS+=netfpga10g_nf10bmac.4 if_nf10bmac.4 MLINKS+=netintro.4 net.4 \ netintro.4 networking.4 @@ -815,7 +813,6 @@ _hwpstate_intel.4= hwpstate_intel.4 _i8254.4= i8254.4 _ichwd.4= ichwd.4 _if_bxe.4= if_bxe.4 -_if_ndis.4= if_ndis.4 _if_nfe.4= if_nfe.4 _if_urtw.4= if_urtw.4 _if_vmx.4= if_vmx.4 @@ -826,7 +823,6 @@ _io.4= io.4 _itwd.4= itwd.4 _linux.4= linux.4 _nda.4= nda.4 -_ndis.4= ndis.4 _nfe.4= nfe.4 _nfsmb.4= nfsmb.4 _if_ntb.4= if_ntb.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/ndis.4 b/share/man/man4/ndis.4 deleted file mode 100644 index 0a1ae39bff62..000000000000 --- a/share/man/man4/ndis.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,155 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2003 -.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.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, 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. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul 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 Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD -.\" 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 14, 2010 -.Dt NDIS 4 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm ndis -.Nd NDIS miniport driver wrapper -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "options NDISAPI" -.Cd "device ndis" -.Cd "device wlan" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver is a wrapper designed to allow binary -.Tn Windows\[rg] -NDIS miniport -network drivers to be used with -.Fx . -The -.Nm -driver is provided in source code form and must be combined with -the -.Tn Windows\[rg] -driver supplied with your network adapter. -The -.Nm -driver uses the -.Nm ndisapi -kernel subsystem to relocate and link the -.Tn Windows\[rg] -binary so -that it can be used in conjunction with native code. -The -.Nm ndisapi -subsystem provides an interface between the NDIS API and the -.Fx -networking infrastructure. -The -.Tn Windows\[rg] -driver is essentially -fooled into thinking it is running on -.Tn Windows\[rg] . -Note that this -means the -.Nm -driver is only useful on x86 machines. -.Pp -To build a functional driver, the user must have a copy of the -driver distribution media for his or her card. -From this distribution, -the user must extract two files: the -.Pa .SYS -file containing the driver -binary code, and its companion -.Pa .INF -file, which contains the -definitions for driver-specific registry keys and other installation -data such as device identifiers. -These two files can be converted -into a kernel module file using the -.Xr ndisgen 8 -utility. -This file contains a binary image of the driver plus -registry key data. -When the -.Nm -driver loads, it will create -.Xr sysctl 3 -nodes for each registry key extracted from the -.Pa .INF -file. -.Pp -The -.Nm -driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless -network devices with PCI and USB bus attachments. -(Cardbus devices are also supported as PCI.) -It can -support many different media types and speeds. -One limitation -however, is that there is no consistent way to learn if an -Ethernet device is operating in full or half duplex mode. -The NDIS API allows for a generic means for determining link -state and speed, but not the duplex setting. -There may be -driver-specific registry keys to control the media setting -which can be configured via the -.Xr sysctl 8 -command. -.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE -This driver is scheduled for removal prior to the release of -.Fx 14.0 -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Bl -diag -.It "ndis%d: watchdog timeout" -A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was -issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the transmission -before a timeout expired. -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr altq 4 , -.Xr arp 4 , -.Xr netintro 4 , -.Xr ng_ether 4 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 , -.Xr ndis_events 8 , -.Xr ndiscvt 8 , -.Xr ndisgen 8 , -.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 -.Rs -.%T "NDIS 5.1 specification" -.%U http://www.microsoft.com -.Re -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -device driver first appeared in -.Fx 5.3 . -.Sh AUTHORS -The -.Nm -driver was written by -.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@windriver.com . |
