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authorDimitry Andric <dim@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-04-03 09:39:54 +0000
committerDimitry Andric <dim@cvs.openbsd.org>2006-04-03 09:39:54 +0000
commitbfeba2029aeaaf43fcc0df2023c0ae97d211423c (patch)
treea61a13ed12ae0422ed0c89460a15725ae9b1c81f /share
parent0ddeffa4f0fb8d560f8f5920c132cf55c6ab25e5 (diff)
Clarify the firmware part of the iwi(4) manpage:
- Trim firmware files list to match -current - Mention URL of prepackaged proper firmware ok deraadt
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/iwi.417
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
index 2767adfd2da..3a144ec1344 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.21 2005/09/19 19:59:07 damien Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.22 2006/04/03 09:39:53 dim Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
@@ -181,18 +181,14 @@ Disable WEP encryption.
This is the default mode of operation.
.El
.Sh FILES
-The driver needs some firmware files,
+The driver needs at least version 3.0 of the following firmware files,
which are loaded on demand when the device is attached:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-license
-.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-boot
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-bss
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ibss
.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-monitor
-.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-bss
-.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-ibss
-.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-monitor
.El
.Pp
These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant
@@ -200,9 +196,15 @@ distribution rights without contractual obligations.
As a result, even though
.Ox
includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and
-users have to find these files on their own.
+users have to download these files on their own.
The official person to state your views to about this issue is
peter.engelbrecht@intel.com at (858) 391 1857.
+.Pp
+A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with
+.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
+can be found at:
+.Pp
+.Pa http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/iwifw/OpenBSD/iwi-firmware-3.0.tgz
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following
.Xr hostname.if 5
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ The driver will reset the hardware.
This should not happen.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,