svn commit: r202705 - stable/8/share/man/man4

Konstantin Belousov kib at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jan 20 15:24:25 UTC 2010


Author: kib
Date: Wed Jan 20 15:24:24 2010
New Revision: 202705
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/202705

Log:
  MFC r198470, r198521:
  Syncronize iwn(4) manpages with HEAD.

Modified:
  stable/8/share/man/man4/iwn.4
  stable/8/share/man/man4/iwnfw.4
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/share/man/man4/   (props changed)
  stable/8/share/man/man4/de.4   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/iwn.4
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/share/man/man4/iwn.4	Wed Jan 20 15:22:34 2010	(r202704)
+++ stable/8/share/man/man4/iwn.4	Wed Jan 20 15:24:24 2010	(r202705)
@@ -25,36 +25,53 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 13, 2008
+.Dd October 25, 2009
 .Os
 .Dt IWN 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm iwn
-.Nd "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11n driver"
+.Nd "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/5000 IEEE 802.11n driver"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To compile this driver into the kernel,
 include the following lines in your
 kernel configuration file:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "device iwn"
-.Cd "device iwnfw"
 .Cd "device pci"
 .Cd "device wlan"
 .Cd "device firmware"
 .Ed
 .Pp
+You also need to select a firmware for your device.
+Choose one from:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5100fw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Or you can use
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwnfw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+to include them all.
+.Pp
 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
-module at boot time, place the following line in
+module at boot time, place the following lines in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 if_iwn_load="YES"
+iwn4965fw_load="YES"
+iwn5000fw_load="YES"
+iwn5100fw_load="YES"
 .Ed
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 driver provides support for
 .Tn Intel
-Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN PCI-Express network adapters.
+Wireless WiFi Link 4965 and 5000 series of PCI-Express network adapters.
 .Nm
 supports
 .Cm station ,

Modified: stable/8/share/man/man4/iwnfw.4
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/share/man/man4/iwnfw.4	Wed Jan 20 15:22:34 2010	(r202704)
+++ stable/8/share/man/man4/iwnfw.4	Wed Jan 20 15:24:24 2010	(r202705)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 9, 2009
+.Dd October 25, 2009
 .Dt IWNFW 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -36,15 +36,26 @@ kernel configuration file:
 .Cd "device iwnfw"
 .Ed
 .Pp
+This will include three firmware images inside the kernel.
+If you want to pick only the firmware image for your network adapter choose one
+of the following:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5100fw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
 module at boot time, place the following line in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-iwnfw_load="YES"
+iwn4965fw_load="YES"
+iwn5000fw_load="YES"
+iwn5100fw_load="YES"
 .Ed
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 This module provides access to firmware sets for the
-Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11n adapters.
+Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965 and 5000 series of IEEE 802.11n adapters.
 It may be
 statically linked into the kernel, or loaded as a module.
 .Sh SEE ALSO


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