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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-08 17:47:32 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-08 17:47:32 +0000 |
commit | 159fb6e9ec883a0a976c4599cfad7630fd1fd72a (patch) | |
tree | b7d8b405ba0323d06bfa9d6f04eac84c539cbe0f /share/man/man4/ath.4 | |
parent | b63f688d6cb160262f340130d1563f5c6c17dad5 (diff) | |
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Updates for revised ath and net80211 support; the new man pages are
placeholders for real material.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/ath.4')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ath.4 b/share/man/man4/ath.4 index f95d9d1..57e00d0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ath.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ath.4 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"- -.\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting .\" All rights reserved. .\"" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\"/ -.Dd August 26, 2004 +.Dd December 7, 2004 .Dt ATH 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device ath" .Cd "device ath_hal" +.Cd "device ath_rate_onoe" .Cd "device wlan" .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -67,14 +68,15 @@ speeds as above for 802.11a operation and AR5212-based devices support 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g operation with transmit speeds appropriate to each. All chips also support an Atheros Turbo Mode (TM) that operates in -the 802.11a frequency range with 2x the transmit speeds. -(This mode is, however, only interoperable with other Atheros-based devices.) +the 5Ghz frequency range with 2x the transmit speeds. +Some chips also support Turbo mode in the 2.4Ghz range with 802.11g. +(These modes are, however, only interoperable with other Atheros-based devices.) The actual transmit speed used is dependent on signal quality and the .Dq "rate control" algorithm employed by the driver. All chips support WEP encryption. -AR5211 and AR5212 support the AES, TKIP, and Michael cryptographic -operations required for WPA but at this time the driver does not support them. +The AR5212 has hardware support for the AES-CCM, TKIP, and Michael cryptographic +operations required for WPA. To enable encryption, use .Xr ifconfig 8 as shown below. @@ -258,13 +260,6 @@ the set of available channels. A problem occurred while querying the HAL to find the set of available channels for the device. This should not happen. -.It "ath%d: %s: %dM -> %dM (%d ok, %d err, %d retr)" -The driver's rate control algorithm changed the current rate for transmitting -frames. -This message is temporarily enabled for normal use to help in diagnosing -and improving the rate control algorithm. -The message indicates the new and old transmit rates and the statistics -it used to decide on this change. .It "ath%d: failed to enable memory mapping" The driver was unable to enable memory-mapped I/O to the PCI device registers. This should not happen. |