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authorweongyo <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-11 21:49:28 +0000
committerweongyo <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-11 21:49:28 +0000
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Mentions cases when bwi(4) driver should be used that it only wrote
about chipset type instead of card names because it's not easy to sort names what cards use these chipsets. Pointed by: imp
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/bwn.4 b/share/man/man4/bwn.4
index 23514f5..856012e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/bwn.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/bwn.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd September 6, 2010
+.Dd September 11, 2010
.Dt BWN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based wireless devices, including:
.It "TRENDnet TEW-401PCplus BCM4306 CardBus b/g"
.It "US Robotics 5411 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
.El
+.Pp
+However if the device chipset is one of BCM4301, BCM4303 and BCM4306 rev 2,
+uses
+.Xr bwi 4
+instead of
+.Xr bwn 4
+because the vendor dropped the firmware support.
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
.Pp
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