svn commit: r277755 - stable/10/share/man/man4

Edward Tomasz Napierala trasz at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jan 26 13:37:19 UTC 2015


Author: trasz
Date: Mon Jan 26 13:37:18 2015
New Revision: 277755
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/277755

Log:
  MFC r272294 by gavin@:
  
  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.

Modified:
  stable/10/share/man/man4/ipheth.4
Directory Properties:
  stable/10/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/10/share/man/man4/ipheth.4
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/share/man/man4/ipheth.4	Mon Jan 26 13:35:45 2015	(r277754)
+++ stable/10/share/man/man4/ipheth.4	Mon Jan 26 13:37:18 2015	(r277755)
@@ -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 at 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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