Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:19:08 +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: r288277 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201509262219.t8QMJ89K014090@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: adrian Date: Sat Sep 26 22:19:07 2015 New Revision: 288277 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/288277 Log: Oops - commit the correct manpage content for otusfw.4. Modified: head/share/man/man4/otusfw.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/otusfw.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/otusfw.4 Sat Sep 26 22:16:54 2015 (r288276) +++ head/share/man/man4/otusfw.4 Sat Sep 26 22:19:07 2015 (r288277) @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2015 Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any @@ -15,155 +14,32 @@ .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd September 25, 2015 -.Dt OTUS 4 +.Dt otusfw 4 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm otus -.Nd Atheros AR9170 USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device +.Nm otusfw +.Nd "Firmware Module for AR9170 driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS -To compile this driver into the kernel, -place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: +To compile this module into the kernel, place the following line in your +kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Cd "device ehci" -.Cd "device uhci" -.Cd "device ohci" -.Cd "device usb" -.Cd "device otus" -.Cd "device wlan" +.Cd "device otusfw" .Ed .Pp -Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, -place the following line in +This will include the firmware image, AR9170, inside the kernel. +.Xr otus 4 +will load the image into the chip. +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the firmware images as a module at boot time, place +the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent -if_otus_load="YES" +otusfw_init_load="YES" +otusfw_main_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on the Atheros -AR9170 chipset. -.Pp -The Atheros AR9170 is a draft-802.11n adapter that uses an external -radio to operate in either 2.4GHz only or 2.4GHz and 5GHz. -.Pp -The AR9101 radio supports 1T1R operation in 2GHz only. -.Pp -The AR9102 radio supports 2T2R operation in 2GHz only. -.Pp -The AR9104 radio supports 2T2R operation both 2GHz and 5GHz. -.Pp -These are the modes the -.Nm -driver can operate in: -.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" -.It BSS mode -Also known as -.Em infrastructure -mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through -which all traffic passes. -This mode is the default. -.El -.Pp -The -.Nm -driver can be configured to use -Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or -Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK). -WPA is the de facto encryption standard for wireless networks. -It is strongly recommended that WEP -not be used as the sole mechanism -to secure wireless communication, -due to serious weaknesses in it. -.Pp -The -.Nm -driver can be configured at runtime with -.Xr ifconfig 8 . -.Sh FILES -The driver needs at least version 1.0 of the following firmware files, -which is loaded when an interface is attached: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact -.It Pa /boot/kernel/otusfw-init.ko -.It Pa /boot/kernel/otusfw-main.ko -.El -.Sh HARDWARE -The -.Nm -driver provices support for Atheros AR9170 USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n -wireless network adapters, including: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact -.It 3Com 3CRUSBN275 -.It Arcadyan WN7512 -.\" .It AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N -.It CACE AirPcap \&Nx -.It D-Link DWA-130 rev \&D1 -.It D-Link DWA-160 rev A1 -.It D-Link DWA-160 rev A2 -.It IO-Data WN-GDN/US2 -.It NEC Aterm WL300NU-G -.It Netgear WNDA3100 -.It Netgear WN111 v2 -.It Planex GW-US300 -.It SMC Networks SMCWUSB-N2 -.It TP-Link TL-WN821N v1, v2 -.It Ubiquiti SR71 USB -.It Unex DNUA-81 -.It Z-Com UB81 -.It Z-Com UB82 -.It ZyXEL NWD-271N -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ifconfig wlan create wlandev otus0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e - netmask 0xffffff00 -.Ed -.Pp -Join a specific BSS network with network name -.Dq Li my_net : -.Pp -.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev otus0 ssid my_net up" -.Pp -Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ifconfig wlan create wlandev otus0 ssid my_net \e - wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up -.Ed -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Bl -diag -.It "%s: failed load firmware of file otusfw-main" -For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the -filesystem. -The file might be missing or corrupted. -.El +This module provides the firmware for the Atheros AR9170 based +USB WiFi adapters. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr intro 1 , -.Xr netintro 4 , -.Xr otusfw 4 , -.Xr usb 4 , -.Xr wlan 4 , -.Xr arp 8 , -.Xr hostapd 8 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 , -.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -driver first appeared in -.Ox 4.6 . -.Sh AUTHORS -.An -nosplit -The -.Nm -driver was written by -.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien@openbsd.org -and ported by -.An Adrian Chadd Aq Mt adrian@freebsd.org . -.Sh CAVEATS -The -.Nm -driver only supports 802.11a/b/g operations. -802.11 operation is not supported at this time. +.Xr otus 4 , +.Xr firmware 9
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