Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:16:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r362257 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <202006170316.05H3GLjK008233@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: adrian Date: Wed Jun 17 03:16:20 2020 New Revision: 362257 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/362257 Log: [ath] Mention DWDS, expresscard and minipcie. I use all of these.. Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/ath.4 Wed Jun 17 03:12:43 2020 (r362256) +++ head/share/man/man4/ath.4 Wed Jun 17 03:16:20 2020 (r362257) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\"/ -.Dd January 25, 2019 +.Dd June 16, 2020 .Dt ATH 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ The driver provides support for wireless network adapters based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416 and AR9300 programming APIs. These APIs are used by a wide variety of chips; most all chips with -a PCI and/or CardBus interface are supported. +a PCI, PCIe and/or CardBus interface are supported. .Pp Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, -IBSS, MBSS, TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes. +IBSS, MBSS, WDS/DWDS TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes. All host/device interaction is via DMA. .Pp Please note that from FreeBSD-9.0, the @@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ For more information on configuring this device, see .Pp Devices supported by the .Nm -driver come in either Cardbus or mini-PCI packages. -Wireless cards in Cardbus slots may be inserted and ejected on the fly. +driver come in Cardbus, ExpressCard, Mini-PCI and Mini-PCIe packages. +Wireless cards in Cardbus and ExpressCard slots may be inserted and +ejected on the fly. .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm -driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, +driver supports all Atheros Cardbus, ExpressCard, PCI and PCIe cards, except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset. .Sh EXAMPLES Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption: @@ -292,8 +293,7 @@ device driver first appeared in Revision A1 of the D-LINK DWL-G520 and DWL-G650 are based on an Intersil PrismGT chip and are not supported by this driver. .Sh BUGS -The driver does not fully enable power-save operation of the chip -in station mode; consequently power use is suboptimal (e.g. on a laptop). +The driver does supports optional station mode power-save operation. .Pp The AR5210 can only do WEP in hardware; consequently hardware assisted WEP is disabled in order to allow software implementations of TKIP and CCMP to
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