Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:20:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r190425 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <200903252120.n2PLKFjP088556@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: sam Date: Wed Mar 25 21:20:15 2009 New Revision: 190425 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/190425 Log: update; mostly to eliminate ambiguity about what hardware is supported Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath.4 head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/ath.4 Wed Mar 25 20:40:34 2009 (r190424) +++ head/share/man/man4/ath.4 Wed Mar 25 21:20:15 2009 (r190425) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\"/ -.Dd January 13, 2009 +.Dd March 25, 2009 .Dt ATH 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ driver provides support for wireless net the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, and AR5416 programming APIs. These APIs are used by a wide variety of chips; most all chips with a PCI and/or CardBus interface are supported. -Chip-specific support is provided by the Atheros Hardware Access Layer -(HAL). .Pp Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, IBSS, TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes. @@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ The driver also support .Cm tdma operation when compiled with .Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_TDMA" -(and the wlan module is build with +(and the wlan module is built with .Cd "options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_TDMA" to enable the associated 802.11 support). For more information on configuring this device, see @@ -142,10 +140,8 @@ Wireless cards in Cardbus slots may be i .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm -driver supports most Atheros Cardbus or PCI cards, +driver supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except those that are based on the AR5005VL chipset. -More recent parts may require a hal that is not part of -.Fb . .Pp A list of cards that are supported can be found at .Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp . @@ -252,13 +248,6 @@ This should not happen. The Atheros Hardware Access Layer was unable to reset the hardware when switching channels during scanning. This should not happen. -.It "ath%d: unable to allocate channel table" -The driver was unable to allocate memory for the table used to hold -the set of available channels. -.It "ath%d: unable to collect channel list from hal" -A problem occurred while querying the HAL to find the set of available -channels for the device. -This should not happen. .It "ath%d: failed to enable memory mapping" The driver was unable to enable memory-mapped I/O to the PCI device registers. This should not happen. @@ -294,15 +283,6 @@ The device driver first appeared in .Fx 5.2 . .Sh CAVEATS -Different regulatory domains have different default channels for adhoc -mode. -See -.Xr ifconfig 8 -for information on how to change the channel. -Different regulatory domains may not be able to communicate with each -other with 802.11a as different regulatory domains do not necessarily -have overlapping channels. -.Pp 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 Modified: head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Wed Mar 25 20:40:34 2009 (r190424) +++ head/share/man/man4/ath_hal.4 Wed Mar 25 21:20:15 2009 (r190425) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"- -.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2008 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting .\" All rights reserved. .\"" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\"/ -.Dd November 30, 2008 +.Dd March 25, 2009 .Dt ATH_HAL 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ or .\".Cd "device ath_rf2136" .\".Cd "device ath_rf2137" .Cd "device ath_ar9160" +.Cd "device ath_ar9280" .Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416" .Sh DESCRIPTION The hal provides hardware support for wireless network adapters based on -the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, and AR9160 chips. +the Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213, AR2413, AR2417, AR2425, +AR5413, AR5416, AR5418, AR5424, AR9160, and AR9280 chips (and companion +RF/baseband parts). This code is part of the .Xr ath 4 driver but configured separately to allow fine-grained control @@ -63,7 +66,8 @@ over the set of chips supported. Selecting .Nm enables support for all PCI and Cardbus devices. -Note this includes AR5416 devices and must be accompanied by the +Note this includes AR5416, AR9160, and AR9280 devices and +must be accompanied by the AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 option to enable the extended hardware descriptor format used by AR5416 and later devices.
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