Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 13:35:52 GMT From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/91506: ndis(4) man page should be more specific about supported adapters Message-ID: <200601081335.k08DZqgs073922@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200601081340.k08De3jd073150@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 91506
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: ndis(4) man page should be more specific about supported adapters
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 08 13:40:02 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Stefan Bethke
>Release: 6.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The current ndis(4) man page states this in regard to supported network adapters:
The ndis driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless net-
work devices with PCI and PCMCIA bus attachments. (Cardbus devices are
also supported as a subset of PCI.)
This appears to be confusing to a number of users, as witnessed by the amount of questions about getting USB-attached adapters to work.
Also note wrong capitalization of CardBus in the man page.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- ndis.4.orig Sun Jan 8 14:28:56 2006
+++ ndis.4 Sun Jan 8 14:32:45 2006
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@
The
.Nm
driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless
-network devices with PCI and PCMCIA bus attachments.
-(Cardbus
-devices are also supported as a subset of PCI.)
+network devices. Devices must be attached through PCMCIA, PCI, or CardBus;
+USB adapters are not supported.
It can
support many different media types and speeds.
One limitation
Ideally, Bill Paul could add a section that details the exact prerequistes a NDIS miniport driver must meet to be compatible.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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