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diff --git a/share/man/man4/malo.4 b/share/man/man4/malo.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..60c9e3d89d90 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/malo.4 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\"" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer, +.\" without modification. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer +.\" similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any +.\" redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially +.\" similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution. +.\" 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names +.\" of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived +.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" NO WARRANTY +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT +.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBILITY +.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL +.\" THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, +.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER +.\" IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\"/ +.Dd March 26, 2009 +.Dt MALO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm malo +.Nd "Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device malo" +.Cd "device pci" +.Cd "device wlan" +.Cd "device firmware" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following lines in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +if_malo_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Marvell Libertas 88W8335 based PCI +and Cardbus network adapters. +.Nm +supports +.Cm station +and +.Cm monitor +mode operation. +Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Pp +This driver requires the +.Nm malofw +be installed before it will work. +The firmware files are not publicly available. +A package of the firmware which can be installed via +.Xr pkg_add 1 +with: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +http://weongyo.org/project/malo/malo-firmware-1.4.tar.gz +.Ed +.Sh HARDWARE +The following cards are among those supported by the +.Nm +driver: +.Pp +.Bl -column -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "MALO111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n +.Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" +Netgear WG311v3 88W8335 PCI b/g +Tenda TWL542P 88W8335 PCI b/g +U-Khan UW-2054i 88W8335 PCI b/g +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): +.Pp +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e + netmask 0xffffff00 +.Ed +.Pp +Join a specific BSS network with network name +.Dq Li my_net : +.Pp +.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 ssid my_net up" +.Pp +Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wlan create wlandev malo0 ssid my_net \e + wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cardbus 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr wlan 4 , +.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 , +.Xr wlan_tkip 4 , +.Xr wlan_wep 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 7.1 . |