docs/91506: ndis(4) man page should be more specific about supported adapters

Stefan Bethke stb at lassitu.de
Sun Jan 8 13:40:04 UTC 2006


>Number:         91506
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ndis(4) man page should be more specific about supported adapters
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 08 13:40:02 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stefan Bethke
>Release:        6.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The current ndis(4) man page states this in regard to supported network adapters:

     The ndis driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless net-
     work devices with PCI and PCMCIA bus attachments.  (Cardbus devices are
     also supported as a subset of PCI.)

This appears to be confusing to a number of users, as witnessed by the amount of questions about getting USB-attached adapters to work.

Also note wrong capitalization of CardBus in the man page.
>How-To-Repeat:
              
>Fix:
--- ndis.4.orig Sun Jan  8 14:28:56 2006
+++ ndis.4      Sun Jan  8 14:32:45 2006
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@
 The
 .Nm
 driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless
-network devices with PCI and PCMCIA bus attachments.
-(Cardbus
-devices are also supported as a subset of PCI.)
+network devices.  Devices must be attached through PCMCIA, PCI, or CardBus;
+USB adapters are not supported.
 It can
 support many different media types and speeds.
 One limitation


Ideally, Bill Paul could add a section that details the exact prerequistes a NDIS miniport driver must meet to be compatible.
>Release-Note:
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