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author | Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-05-30 10:12:17 +0000 |
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committer | Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-05-30 10:12:17 +0000 |
commit | e849bb3ecbb1963344a22ae77fc96f89fbebf40c (patch) | |
tree | 26bb101c60a3d06d50f95e350825b9713c445202 /share | |
parent | 0259f5a25008ecc580ff04b40678af55b9171eaf (diff) | |
download | src-e849bb3ecbb1963344a22ae77fc96f89fbebf40c.tar.gz src-e849bb3ecbb1963344a22ae77fc96f89fbebf40c.zip |
Mention in ath(4) that ath_pci is required now.
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svn path=/head/; revision=222491
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ath.4 | 15 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ath.4 b/share/man/man4/ath.4 index 7579546175b5..fadf19221c00 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ath.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ath.4 @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device ath" +.Cd "device ath_pci" .Cd "device ath_hal" .Cd "options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416" .Cd "device ath_rate_sample" @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent if_ath_load="YES" +if_ath_pci_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -64,6 +66,19 @@ Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, IBSS, MBSS, TDMA, and host-based access point operation modes. All host/device interaction is via DMA. .Pp +Please note that from FreeBSD-9.0, the +.Nm +driver does not include the PCI/PCIe bus glue. +The same driver supports multiple underlying bus types, including PCI/PCIe, +but also embedded (AHB) and USB in the future. +.Pp +To enable use for PCI/PCIe systems, see the +.Xr ath_pci 4 +driver. +For embedded systems which use the AHB to connect the wireless MAC, see the +.Xr ath_ahb 4 +driver. +.Pp The .Nm driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however |