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| author | wpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-22 16:12:54 +0000 |
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| committer | wpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-05-22 16:12:54 +0000 |
| commit | 97a90dc5c944e5e6aa20d8a5ae396b70e28b0260 (patch) | |
| tree | 5648d51f6256c2ea58bda302739ec764ec7d48e7 /release | |
| parent | b22d4cf457e89930b109c33ccbca02f7587c89e6 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-97a90dc5c944e5e6aa20d8a5ae396b70e28b0260.zip FreeBSD-src-97a90dc5c944e5e6aa20d8a5ae396b70e28b0260.tar.gz | |
- Fix up some comments in if_wi.c (no code changes)
- Mention that the 6Mbps turbo adapters are supported in HARDWARE.TXT
and RELNOTES.TXT and the wi.4 man page
- Mention turbo adapters in the wicontrol.8 man page and provide a
complete table of available transmit speed settings
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT | 10 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT index 7b3cf34..3118250 100644 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -706,7 +706,11 @@ Genius and Mustek hand scanners. Floppy tape drives (some rather old models only, driver rather stale) -Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA network adapters and -workalikes (NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout) +Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed +(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes +(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the +ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with +an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with +the same driver. FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. diff --git a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT index 334e8c3..8bab4e6 100644 --- a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ the Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3c985 and Netgear GA620. Driver support has been added for IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network adapters based on the Lucent Hermes chipset, including the Lucent -WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout. +WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout. Both 2Mbps and +6Mbps Turbo adapters are supported. Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based on the ADMtek Inc. AL981 Comet chipset. @@ -408,6 +409,13 @@ the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com) Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver. +Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed +(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes +(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the +ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with +an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with +the same driver. + FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. 3. Obtaining FreeBSD |
