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Date:      Mon, 9 Jun 2025 14:47:10 GMT
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: ebbe4bb15fc7 - main - wlan.4: Add 802.11ac to the list of supported standards
Message-ID:  <202506091447.559ElAi9076019@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ebbe4bb15fc7e74a72c54f5cc664c7a64cc1c8c2

commit ebbe4bb15fc7e74a72c54f5cc664c7a64cc1c8c2
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-06-09 14:43:56 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-06-09 14:44:40 +0000

    wlan.4: Add 802.11ac to the list of supported standards
    
    Our Wi-Fi documentation will benefit from more holistic improvement,
    but we should at least include a reference to 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) after
    all of the recent work.
    
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
---
 share/man/man4/wlan.4 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/wlan.4 b/share/man/man4/wlan.4
index 4cd1bfbdc9d5..62095fb81ede 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wlan.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wlan.4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd May 5, 2023
+.Dd June 9, 2025
 .Dt WLAN 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module is required by all native 802.11 drivers.
 .Nm
 supports multi-mode devices capable of
 operating in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and supports numerous
-802.11 standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, and 802.11s (Draft 3.0).
+802.11 standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, and 802.11s (Draft 3.0).
 The WPA, 802.11i, and 802.1x security protocols are supported
 through a combination of in-kernel code and user-mode applications.
 The WME/WMM multi-media protocols are supported entirely within



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