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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:36:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r272294 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201409300536.s8U5aG7U069798@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gavin
Date: Tue Sep 30 05:36:16 2014
New Revision: 272294
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/272294

Log:
  Make clear in the ipheth(4) hardware notes that this driver is for the
  tethering functionality only.  Add a "bugs" section to give a pointer
  to usbconfig set_config if the device isn't automatically detected.
  
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/ipheth.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ipheth.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ipheth.4	Tue Sep 30 03:29:46 2014	(r272293)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ipheth.4	Tue Sep 30 05:36:16 2014	(r272294)
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 25, 2014
+.Dd September 30, 2014
 .Dt IPHETH 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm ipheth
-.Nd "USB Apple iPhone/iPad Ethernet driver"
+.Nd "USB Apple iPhone/iPad tethered Ethernet driver"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
 following line in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ In most cases this must be explicitly en
 .Pp
 For more information on configuring this device, see
 .Xr ifconfig 8 .
+The device does not support different media types or options.
 .Sh HARDWARE
 The following devices are supported by the
 .Nm
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ driver:
 .Pp
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-Apple iPhone (all models)
+Apple iPhone tethering (all models)
 .It
-Apple iPad (all models)
+Apple iPad tethering (all models)
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr arp 4 ,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ Apple iPad (all models)
 .Xr urndis 4 ,
 .Xr usb 4 ,
 .Xr ifconfig 8
+.Xr usbconfig 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
@@ -91,3 +93,14 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver was written by
 .An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hselasky@FreeBSD.org .
+.Sh BUGS
+Some devices may need to be manually configured to use an alternative
+configuration with the
+.Xr usbconfig 8
+utility.
+A command similar to
+.Dl usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 set_config 3
+may be required if the device is not recognised automatically by
+.Nm
+after it is connected.
+



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