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| author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-11-23 00:42:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-11-23 00:42:44 +0000 |
| commit | e7c56872bc81fafc65b93db556e9d38d942d98ae (patch) | |
| tree | 26e5585a5738ae0811de00af91198f3bd6aa8f92 /share | |
| parent | 1a2678bd34820ced89830aede7f563ba30b8f048 (diff) | |
document how to get the Intel firmware files (ie. who to mail and phone, hi Peter
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ipw.4 | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwi.4 | 11 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ipw.4 b/share/man/man4/ipw.4 index 3520fe5c764..a2e0b66ff04 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ipw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ipw.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ipw.4,v 1.6 2004/11/18 21:02:38 damien Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ipw.4,v 1.7 2004/11/23 00:42:43 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 .\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. @@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ The driver needs a couple of firmware files which are loaded on demand. .It Pa /etc/firmware/ipw-ibss .It Pa /etc/firmware/ipw-monitor .El +.Pp +These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant +distribution rights without contractual obligations. +As a result, even though +.Ox +includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and +the user has to find 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. .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point): .Pp diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwi.4 index 1025d356cb3..c6b7998e9a9 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.6 2004/11/22 21:34:32 damien Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.7 2004/11/23 00:42:43 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 .\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. @@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ The driver needs a couple of firmware files which are loaded on demand. .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-monitor .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode .El +.Pp +These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant +distribution rights without contractual obligations. +As a result, even though +.Ox +includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and +the user has to find 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. .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point): .Pp |