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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wl.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wl.4 index 114ef0f..78f998a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wl.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wl.4 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: wl.4,v 1.2 1997/08/01 03:32:39 msmith Exp $ .Dd July 7, 1997 .Dt WL 4 i386 .Os FreeBSD @@ -133,15 +133,26 @@ due to delays in the configuration code. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm wl -driver was written by Anders Klemets (thousands of years ago?) and +driver was written by +.An Anders Klemets +(thousands of years ago?) and appears to be based on an even older Intel 82586 driver. The 82586 controller was one of the first (if not the first?) integrated lan controller on the block. That does not mean it was the best either. Anders ported and or created a driver for the ISA wavelan and PCCARD -wavelan system too (wlp). Robert T. Morris, Jr. ported the Mach -drivers to BSDI. Jim Binkley ported them to FreeBSD 2.1. Michael -Smith ported the wl driver only to 2.2.2. Jim and Michael have been +wavelan system too (wlp). +.An Robert T. Morris, Jr. +ported the Mach drivers to BSDI. +.An Jim Binkley +ported them to +.Fx 2.1 . +.An Michael Smith +ported the wl driver only to 2.2.2. Jim and Michael have been maintaining them. The current state of the driver is NOT ANYONE'S -FAULT. Thanks to Bernie Doehner and Robert Buaas for contributions. -.Sh AUTHOR +FAULT. Thanks to +.An Bernie Doehner +and +.An Robert Buaas +for contributions. +.Sh AUTHORS Too numerous to mention. See above. |