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authorBill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-22 16:12:54 +0000
committerBill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-22 16:12:54 +0000
commit33b3ee38980220b9cbad7300a405e75ff3325700 (patch)
tree798c51d52db313b1f48323cfa20ede964df43f34 /release
parent6f50cfb43a723f7acc205c07ddbe7824bec01a81 (diff)
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- Fix up some comments in if_wi.c (no code changes)
- Mention that the 6Mbps turbo adapters are supported in HARDWARE.TXT and RELNOTES.TXT and the wi.4 man page - Mention turbo adapters in the wicontrol.8 man page and provide a complete table of available transmit speed settings
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=47401
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT8
-rw-r--r--release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT10
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
index 7b3cf34517ef..31182505f39c 100644
--- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT
@@ -706,7 +706,11 @@ Genius and Mustek hand scanners.
Floppy tape drives (some rather old models only, driver rather stale)
-Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA network adapters and
-workalikes (NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout)
+Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed
+(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes
+(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the
+ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with
+an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with
+the same driver.
FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
diff --git a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT
index 334e8c32a184..8bab4e68a1e2 100644
--- a/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ the Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3c985 and Netgear GA620.
Driver support has been added for IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network
adapters based on the Lucent Hermes chipset, including the Lucent
-WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout.
+WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 and the Cabletron RoamAbout. Both 2Mbps and
+6Mbps Turbo adapters are supported.
Driver support has been added for PCI fast ethernet cards based
on the ADMtek Inc. AL981 Comet chipset.
@@ -408,6 +409,13 @@ the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com)
Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver.
+Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed
+(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes
+(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS). Note: the
+ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA cards combined with
+an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of devices work with
+the same driver.
+
FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
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