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authorStefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org>2021-05-06 14:40:36 +0000
committerStefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org>2021-05-06 14:40:36 +0000
commitbddc19929f25e670f6554e53cd4baeb69aaea87c (patch)
tree1c56ced448c0a225f20c3d7d1c71c4364b8f7307 /share
parent098e9e8a7c1cf0144f4bbd58004e9c604b4ec758 (diff)
Clarify that athn(4) USB devices don't support power saving in hostap mode.
Prompted by a report from martingot on bugs@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/athn.412
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/athn.4 b/share/man/man4/athn.4
index 0d9060b2bad..d64dd879a24 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/athn.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/athn.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.40 2020/07/13 16:35:52 stsp Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.41 2021/05/06 14:40:35 stsp Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>.
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 6 2021 $
.Dt ATHN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ the driver supports powersave mode,
which can be enabled via
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
In Host AP mode,
-the driver is compatible with clients using powersave.
+the driver is compatible with clients using powersave, except on AR7010
+and AR9287 USB devices.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -269,4 +270,7 @@ Additional work is required in
.Xr ieee80211 9
before those features can be supported.
.Pp
-On USB devices, the firmware limits Host AP mode to 7 concurrent clients.
+On USB devices, Host AP mode is limited to 7 concurrent clients and does
+not support power saving.
+Clients attempting to use power saving mode may experience significant
+packet loss.