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| author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-02 23:41:10 +0000 |
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| committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-02 23:41:10 +0000 |
| commit | 8d3ee4e8261bf45d0ba58c75002ccdd4000b9ce9 (patch) | |
| tree | 38c188f6dff1fc5abf0d0a45b482262d822e0c03 /share | |
| parent | e08e926471472c49dc0bf3ee5558b23d4132970e (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8d3ee4e8261bf45d0ba58c75002ccdd4000b9ce9.zip FreeBSD-src-8d3ee4e8261bf45d0ba58c75002ccdd4000b9ce9.tar.gz | |
Bumpd date
Minor word smithing on the need for newer firmware.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/wi.4 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4 index 6e51e5d..961aed1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.14 2002/04/29 19:53:50 jsyn Exp $ .\" -.Dd April 13, 2008 +.Dd August 2, 2008 .Dt WI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,9 +59,12 @@ driver provides support for 802.11b wireless network adapters based around the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, and Intersil Prism-3 chipsets. All chipsets provide a similar interface to the driver. -Only the Intersil chipsets support access point operation. -Functionality, such as WPA support, depends on the specific version -of the firmware used. +Only the Intersil chipsets support access point operation or WPA. +Very old versions of firmware are not supported at all. +Older versions of the firmware that are supported may severely limit +the ability to use these cards in newer networks. +Only relatively recent versions of Intersil firmware supports WPA. +See CAVEATS for details. All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O, even on those cards that support a DMA interface. .Pp |
