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authorDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-08-09 08:32:36 +0000
committerDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-08-09 08:32:36 +0000
commit6e45b29c019f2683501c71556dac29f8e3f056d9 (patch)
tree2c3c15c90fd63d791bccdbd2d5e23cd7d5ef39e6
parent8777cc1bc7d62ad266e65d1b1daffa6dac6eed6e (diff)
remove the MIMO keyword. RT2571W adapters aren't MIMO.
+ some cleanup while i'm here.
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/rum.418
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rum.4 b/share/man/man4/rum.4
index 658d508a983..3cddf9c5e2d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/rum.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/rum.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rum.4,v 1.2 2006/08/03 11:27:10 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rum.4,v 1.3 2006/08/09 08:32:35 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2006
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>
@@ -20,20 +20,19 @@
.Dt RUM 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm rum
-.Nd Ralink Technology USB MIMO IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver
+.Nd Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "rum* at uhub? port ?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver supports USB wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2501USB
+driver supports USB 802.11 wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2501USB
chipset.
.Pp
-The RT2501USB chipset is the second generation of 802.11b/g adapters from Ralink.
+The RT2501USB chipset is the second generation of 802.11a/b/g adapters from
+Ralink.
It consists of two integrated chips, an RT2571W MAC/BBP and an RT2528 radio
transceiver.
-This chipset provides support for the IEEE 802.11e standard with multiple
-hardware transmission queues.
.Pp
These are the modes the
.Nm
@@ -205,8 +204,7 @@ Disable WEP encryption.
This is the default mode of operation.
.El
.Sh FILES
-The following firmware files are potentially loaded when an interface is
-brought up:
+The following firmware file is loaded when an interface is brought up:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It /etc/firmware/ral-rt2573
@@ -297,9 +295,7 @@ The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Niall O'Higgins Aq niallo@openbsd.org
-based on the
-.Xr ural 4
-driver by
+and
.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@openbsd.org .
.Sh CAVEATS
The