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authorStefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org>2024-02-15 15:05:41 +0000
committerStefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org>2024-02-15 15:05:41 +0000
commit9f39e34c4c84707094a3cad5904dcef3f332a371 (patch)
treecd48c718d550210c88fd9f1f1e050de627658890 /share/man
parentcbab1b3d101724f1480410a28bd859ed9571c3af (diff)
some qwx(4) man page tweaks by me
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/qwx.4 b/share/man/man4/qwx.4
index a4ffbc7aa40..ef99aef66e3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/qwx.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/qwx.4
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: qwx.4,v 1.1 2024/02/15 15:05:18 stsp Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: qwx.4,v 1.2 2024/02/15 15:05:40 stsp Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2022 Martin Pieuchot <mpi@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2024 Stefan Sperling <stsp@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for a wide variety of
-Qualcomm Technologies 802.11ax devices.
+driver provides support for Qualcomm Technologies QCNFA765
+802.11ax devices.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -34,6 +35,30 @@ driver can be configured at runtime with
.Xr ifconfig 8
or on boot with
.Xr hostname.if 5 .
+.Sh FILES
+The driver needs the following firmware files,
+which are loaded when an interface is brought up:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-amms
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-board-2
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-m3
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.0-regdb
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-amms
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-board-2
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-m3
+.It Pa /etc/firmware/qwx-wcn6855-hw2.1-regdb
+.El
+.Pp
+These firmware files are not free because Qualcomm refuses to grant
+distribution rights without contractual obligations.
+As a result, even though
+.Ox
+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 can be installed using
+.Xr fw_update 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
@@ -42,14 +67,24 @@ or on boot with
.Xr pci 4 ,
.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following example scans for available networks:
+.Pp
+.Dl # ifconfig qwx0 scan
+.Pp
+The following
+.Xr hostname.if 5
+example configures qwx0 to join network
+.Dq mynwid ,
+using WPA key
+.Dq mywpakey ,
+obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+join mynwid wpakey mywpakey
+inet autoconf
+.Ed
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
-.Ox 7.3 .
-.Sh AUTHORS
-The
-.Nm
-driver was written by
-.An Martin Pieuchot Aq Mt mpi@openbsd.org
-based on source code licensed under the BSD released in 2019 for Linux.
+.Ox 7.5 .