From 79225a5d1c64530d47ea91245376681d53c86b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sascha Wildner Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:58:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bring in some miscellaneous changes from OpenBSD and point to an archive provided by sephe for the firmware files. --- share/man/man4/acx.4 | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/acx.4 b/share/man/man4/acx.4 index d8572243ee..0a94dc4acc 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/acx.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/acx.4 @@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ .\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/acx.4,v 1.7 2007/07/04 16:52:40 swildner Exp $ +.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/acx.4,v 1.8 2007/09/15 09:58:06 swildner Exp $ .\" -.Dd March 24, 2006 +.Dd September 15, 2007 .Dt ACX 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm acx -.Nd Texas Instruments ACX100/TNETW1130(ACX111) IEEE 802.11 driver +.Nd Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: @@ -55,19 +55,23 @@ if_acx_load="YES" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver provides support for Texas Instruments ACX100 or -TNETW1130 (aka ACX111) based PCI and Cardbus network adapters. +driver provides support for Texas Instruments TNETW1100/TNETW1100B (ACX100) +and TNETW1130 (ACX111) based PCI/CardBus network adapters. +.Pp +The ACX100A and ACX100B are first generation 802.11b devices +from TI. +The ACX111 is a second generation device which supports 802.11b/g +and in some cases 802.11a. .Pp By default, the .Nm driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (infrastructure mode). -This mode requires the use of an access point. In addition, IBSS -operation (adhoc mode) is also supported. -For more -information on configuring this device, see +This mode requires the use of an access point. +In addition, IBSS operation (adhoc mode) is also supported. +For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Ss MIB Variables -A number of per-interface variables are implemented in the +The following per-interface variables are implemented in the .Va hw.acx Ns Em X branch of the .Xr sysctl 3 @@ -77,34 +81,47 @@ MIB. MSDU life time. .El .Sh HARDWARE -The following cards are known to work with the +The following cards are among those supported by the .Nm driver: .Pp -.Bl -bullet -compact -.It -D-Link DWL-520+ -.It -D-Link DWL-650+ -.It -D-Link DWL-G520+ -.It -D-Link DWL-G650+ +.Bl -column -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "ACX111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n +.Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" +D-Link DWL-520+ ACX100 PCI b +D-Link DWL-650+ ACX100 CardBus b +D-Link DWL-G520+ ACX111 PCI b/g +D-Link DWL-G630+ ACX111 CardBus b/g +D-Link DWL-G650+ ACX111 CardBus b/g +Ergenic ERG WL-003 ACX100 CardBus b +Hamlet HNWP254 ACX111 CardBus b/g +Hawking HWP54G ACX111 PCI b/g +Linksys WPC54Gv2 ACX111 CardBus b/g +Microcom Travelcard ACX111 CardBus b/g +Netgear WG311v2 ACX111 PCI b/g +Sceptre SC254W+ ACX111 CardBus b/g +Tornado/ADT 211g ACX111 PCI b/g +USR USR5410 ACX111 CardBus b/g +USR USR5416 ACX111 PCI b/g +ZyXEL G-160 ACX111 CardBus b/g +ZyXEL G-360 EE ACX111 PCI b/g .El .Sh FILES The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with .Dx and must be obtained separately. -Check the disk/CD shipped with the adapter or -.Pp -.Pa ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/wireless +An archive with firmware files that are known to work can be found at: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/acx/acx_fw.tbz +.Ed .Pp See .Xr acxcontrol 8 for more information on loading firmware. -.\" XXX .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr cardbus 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , .Xr wlan_ratectl 4 , .Xr acxcontrol 8 , .Xr hostapd 8 , -- 2.11.4.GIT