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authorJonathan Gray <jsg@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-03-18 01:08:02 +0000
committerJonathan Gray <jsg@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-03-18 01:08:02 +0000
commite1860ebae94bb7eca3d9c692f2c667d37f16e590 (patch)
tree2fe5785b37051cef5a7eadf56570bb568a6f5440 /share/man
parentca6c5f4d18bc602fae2d268a7e2da3eacdfbcac6 (diff)
Use RTL8180L instead of 8180, discuss common RF tranceivers and
mention problem preventing PCI rtw from being overly useful right now.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/cardbus.44
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.44
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/pci.44
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/rtw.415
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/cardbus.4 b/share/man/man4/cardbus.4
index 5e8ed50899e..f252aa5781e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/cardbus.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/cardbus.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: cardbus.4,v 1.29 2005/02/21 21:48:32 jsg Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: cardbus.4,v 1.30 2005/03/18 01:08:01 jsg Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: cardbus.4,v 1.4 2000/02/02 19:57:17 augustss Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Realtek 8169/8169S/8110S-based Ethernet interfaces.
.It Xr rl 4
Realtek 8129/8139-based Ethernet interfaces.
.It Xr rtw 4
-Realtek 8180 802.11B wireless network adapter.
+Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapter.
.It Xr xl 4
3Com 3c575 and 3c656-based Ethernet interfaces.
.El
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.4
index bdf28b5b103..09607e3165a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.56 2005/02/22 13:30:47 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: intro.4,v 1.57 2005/03/18 01:08:01 jsg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Christopher G. Demetriou
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ AIMS Lab Radiotrack FM radio adapter.
.It Xr rtfps 4
Another multiplexing serial communications card.
.It Xr rtw 4
-Realtek 8180 802.11B wireless network interfaces.
+Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network interfaces.
.It Xr safe 4
Safenet SafeXcel 1141/1741 crypto accelerator.
.It Xr sb 4
diff --git a/share/man/man4/pci.4 b/share/man/man4/pci.4
index 0ba9c0e4cd8..47d0f9fb6f3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/pci.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/pci.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pci.4,v 1.111 2005/02/21 21:48:32 jsg Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pci.4,v 1.112 2005/03/18 01:08:01 jsg Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pci.4,v 1.29 2000/04/01 00:32:23 tsarna Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ RealTek 8169/8169S/8110S Ethernet interfaces.
.It Xr rl 4
Realtek 8129/8139 Ethernet interfaces.
.It Xr rtw 4
-Realtek 8180 802.11B wireless network adapter.
+Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapter.
.It Xr san 4
Sangoma Technologies AFT T1/E1 Network interfaces.
.It Xr sf 4
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rtw.4 b/share/man/man4/rtw.4
index 8c1d32a10eb..0c0d5976598 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/rtw.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/rtw.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rtw.4,v 1.11 2005/03/12 10:32:40 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rtw.4,v 1.12 2005/03/18 01:08:01 jsg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rtw
-.Nd Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network driver
+.Nd Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "rtw* at cardbus?"
.Cd "rtw* at pci?"
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
The
.Nm
driver supports PCI/CardBus 802.11b wireless adapters based on the
-Realtek 8180.
+Realtek RTL8180L.
+.Pp
+A variety of radio tranceivers can be found in the devices including
+Philips SA2400A, Maxim MAX2820 and GCT GRF5101 not all of which
+are yet supported.
.Pp
These are the modes the
.Nm
@@ -257,5 +261,8 @@ and ported to
by
.An Jonathan Gray Aq jsg@openbsd.org .
.Sh BUGS
-Devices incorporating a GCT RF front-end are not supported due to a lack of
+Only the Philips SA2400A and Maxim MAX2820 RF transceivers are known to work.
+Devices incorporating a GCT RF transceiver are not supported due to a lack of
documentation from GCT.
+.Pp
+While PCI devices will attach most of them are not able to transmit.