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authorBill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-05 07:37:11 +0000
committerBill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1999-05-05 07:37:11 +0000
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Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA
adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=46495
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pn.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pn.4
index acdb26a62d20..16a4b4c68034 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pn.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/pn.4
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: pn.4,v 1.4 1999/04/14 19:02:39 wpaul Exp $
+.\" $Id: pn.4,v 1.4 1999/04/14 19:40:08 wpaul Exp $
.\"
.Dd November 7, 1998
.Dt PN 4 i386
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded
controllers based on the Lite-On 82c168 and 82c169 fast ethernet
controller chips. This includes the LinkSys LNE100TX, the
Bay Networks Netgear FA310TX revision D1, the Matrox Networks
-FastNIC 10/100, certain adapters manufactured by D-Link and
-Trendware, and various other commodity fast ethernet cards.
+FastNIC 10/100, the Kingston KNE110TX (EtherRx VP),
+and various other commodity fast ethernet cards.
.Pp
The Lite-On chips use bus master DMA and are designed to be
DEC 'tulip' workalikes. Many vendors that formerly based their