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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:39:54 UTC
The branch main has been updated by bz:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c
commit abf6e1a49e944f9fb635a6aed55f01af832da06c
Author: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-03-04 00:27:00 +0000
Commit: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-03-04 00:35:42 +0000
iwlwifi: update man pages
Update man pages given auto-loading is now enabled by default and
no user configuration is needed to load the driver.
Also note that the iwlwifi driver will appear the first time in 13.1-R.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days
Relnotes: yes
---
share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
index 1f79319aad61..a512bd70ba50 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwifi.4
@@ -27,26 +27,29 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 1, 2022
+.Dd March 4, 2022
.Dt iwlwifi 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iwlwifi
.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in
-.Xr rc.conf 5 :
+The driver will auto-load without any user interaction using
+.Xr devmatch 8
+if enabled in
+.Xr rc.conf 5 .
+.Pp
+Only if auto-loading is explicitly disabled, place the following
+lines in
+.Xr rc.conf 5
+to manually load the driver as a module at boot time:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi"
.Ed
.Pp
The driver should automatically load any
.Xr iwlwififw 4
-firmware needed for the particular chipset in that case.
-.Pp
-It is anticipated that the driver will support auto-loading via
-.Xr devmatch 8
-in the future and will need no configuration at all.
+firmware needed for the particular chipset.
.Pp
It is discouraged to load the driver from
.Xr loader 8 .
@@ -90,3 +93,8 @@ Certainly.
.Xr wlan 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver first appeared in
+.Fx 13.1 .
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4 b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
index d38d38f28695..d1d9848cbcdc 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwlwififw.4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 1, 2022
+.Dd March 3, 2022
.Dt iwlwififw 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ firmware license is installed at
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iwlwifi 4 ,
.Xr firmware 9
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+firmware modules first appeared in
+.Fx 13.1 .