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authorDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-08 11:03:00 +0000
committerDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-08 11:03:00 +0000
commitd279db47982f83b517a20f044293768160e4c705 (patch)
tree620ce819ce75fd1ca7722b86bdeffcac06ab7791
parentbedc3efde1fc1e5e06830f8a034361183c3b2acc (diff)
new firmware & HW CCMP crypto
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/wpi.414
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wpi.4 b/share/man/man4/wpi.4
index c662c1608d8..b2376732b8f 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wpi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wpi.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wpi.4,v 1.19 2008/07/29 16:44:19 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wpi.4,v 1.20 2008/11/08 11:02:59 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2007
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 29 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 8 2008 $
.Os
.Dt WPI 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ to secure wireless communication,
due to serious weaknesses in it.
The
.Nm
-driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption
-of data frames.
+driver offloads both encryption and decryption of unicast data frames to the
+hardware for the CCMP cipher.
.Pp
The device has one temperature sensor.
Its value is in the range from 0 (coolest) to 285 (warmest).
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ driver can be configured at runtime with
or on boot with
.Xr hostname.if 5 .
.Sh FILES
-The driver needs at least version 2.14.1.5 of the following firmware file,
+The driver needs at least version 3.0 of the following firmware file,
which is loaded when an interface is brought up:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
@@ -97,14 +97,12 @@ As a result, even though
.Ox
includes the driver, the firmware file cannot be included and
users have to download this file on their own.
-The official person to state your views to about this issue is
-majid.awad@intel.com.
.Pp
A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
can be found at:
.Bd -literal
-http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/wpi-firmware-2.14.1.5.tgz
+http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/wpi-firmware-3.0.tgz
.Ed
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following