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authorDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-03 17:29:48 +0000
committerDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-03 17:29:48 +0000
commit621144a5c6b91c9eee847e987cb76f6bd0e886cf (patch)
treeefb050fdb7aee4ee3cd6650bb7ba8b017226b5da
parent781d0fe7c20b00efd01ed212a2222a826c0dee07 (diff)
HW CCMP + use plural for firmware files.
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/iwn.414
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwn.4 b/share/man/man4/iwn.4
index 0eb23ad7c49..572481aea42 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwn.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwn.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.11 2008/10/14 09:44:58 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.12 2008/11/03 17:29:47 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2007,2008
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 3 2008 $
.Os
.Dt IWN 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ 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 in degC.
Sensor data is updated every 500 milliseconds.
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ which are loaded when an interface is brought up:
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-5000
.El
.Pp
-This firmware file is not free because Intel refuses to grant
+These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant
distribution rights without contractual obligations.
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.
+includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and
+users have to download these files on their own.
.Pp
A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,