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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-07 12:59:39 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-07 12:59:39 +0000
commit2e77778053d04fade4fd770fe9065d5886768e48 (patch)
tree2c9e12a5049b8ebf1bc5dd6ed15a9c599d00f3c4 /share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9
parent3b579c6e6332ec8c4966a4a68e3018335a08b1b5 (diff)
Fixed document title (should be in all uppercase).
List all functions in the NAME section so they appear in whatis(1). Assorted fixes (mostly markup).
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=131738
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9 b/share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9
index 440ef462ec5d..13dd3cd062de 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
.\" $Id: ieee80211_ioctl.9,v 1.5 2004/03/04 12:33:27 bruce Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 2, 2004
-.Dt ieee80211_ioctl 9
+.Dt IEEE80211_IOCTL 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm ieee80211_ioctl
+.Nm ieee80211_cfgget , ieee80211_cfgset , ieee80211_ioctl
.Nd 802.11 interface ioctl commands
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In net80211/ieee80211_var.h
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
.Ft int
.Fn ieee80211_ioctl "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_long cmd" "caddr_t data"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Nm
+These
functions are typically invoked by drivers in response to requests
for information or to change settings from the userland.
.Pp
@@ -66,19 +65,18 @@ utility.
The
.Fn ieee80211_ioctl
function provides a default implementation of the
-.Vt SIOCS80211
+.Dv SIOCS80211
and
-.Vt SIOCG80211
+.Dv SIOCG80211
ifioctls commands for 802.11 drivers.
The call signature is identical to that of the
-.Vt if_ioctl
+.Va if_ioctl
member found in
.Vt struct ifnet ,
however, many drivers store attributes such as
-.Vt IEEE80211_IOC_STATIONNAME
+.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_STATIONNAME
in the driver's private soft state structure, so driver writers may prefer
to use this as the catch-all in a switch statement to avoid code duplication.
-.Pp
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr owi 4 ,
@@ -88,12 +86,13 @@ to use this as the catch-all in a switch statement to avoid code duplication.
.Xr ifnet 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm
+.Nm ieee80211
series of functions first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 ,
and were later ported to
.Fx 4.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
This man page was written by
.An Bruce M. Simpson Aq bms@FreeBSD.org
and