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diff --git a/share/man/man4/mtw.4 b/share/man/man4/mtw.4 index 17722be73203..6aa59d848d36 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/mtw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/mtw.4 @@ -24,23 +24,41 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd Feb 03, 2025 +.Dd May 3, 2025 .Dt MTW 4 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm if_mtw -.Nd "Mediatek MT7601U" -.Ed +.Nm mtw +.Nd MediaTek MT7601U USB IEEE 802.11n wireless network driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd device usb +.Cd device mtw +.Cd device wlan +.Pp +In +.Xr rc.conf 5 : +.Cd kld_list="if_mtw" .Sh DESCRIPTION -This module provides support for Mediatek MT7601U with the firmware from net/wifi-firmware-mtw-kmod - +This module provides support for +MediaTek MT7601U USB wireless network adapters. +If the appropriate hardware is detected, +the driver will be automatically loaded with +.Xr devmatch 8 . +If driver autoloading is explicitly disabled, enable the module in +.Xr rc.conf 5 . +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or at boot with +.Xr rc.conf 5 . .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm -driver supports Mediatek MT7601U -based USB wireless network adapters including (but not all of them tested): +driver supports MediaTek MT7601U based USB wireless network adapters +including (but not all of them tested): .Pp -.Bl -column -compact +.Bl -bullet -compact .It ASUS USB-N10 v2 .It @@ -58,17 +76,43 @@ TP-LINK TL-WN727N v4 (tested working) .It Yealink WF40 .El +.Sh FILES +The +.Nm +driver requires firmware from +.Pa ports/net/wifi-firmware-mt7601u-kmod . +This firmware package will be installed automatically with +.Xr fwget 8 +if the appropriate hardware is detected at installation or runtime. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr usb 4 -.Sh BUGS +.Xr usb 4 , +.Xr wlan 4 , +.Xr networking 7 , +.Xr fwget 8 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 +.Sh HISTORY The .Nm -only works in station mode and monitor mode. The firmware does not always reinitialize when reloading the module, or when rebooting, without first unplugging the device. -.Sh History -The mtw driver first appeared in OpenBSD 7.1. The mtw driver was ported to FreeBSD in FreeBSD 15.0. +driver first appeared in +.Ox 7.1 +and +.Fx 15.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit -The mtw driver was written by +The +.Nm +driver was written by .An James Hastings Aq Mt hastings@openbsd.org -ported to FreeBSD by -.An Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen Aq Mt jsm@FreeBSD.org +and ported to +.Fx +by +.An Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen Aq Mt jsm@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +only works in +.Cm station +mode and +.Cm monitor +mode. +The firmware does not always reinitialize when reloading the module, +or when rebooting, without first unplugging the device. |