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author | Stefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2015-02-06 20:19:27 +0000 |
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committer | Stefan Sperling <stsp@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2015-02-06 20:19:27 +0000 |
commit | 60d1c66270e008403cf1957f87350d6756bc0944 (patch) | |
tree | b6fd7879739ebfd113308fbedbd22ab124cdfb24 /share | |
parent | ca84479109f3c0789dde326aae4cf08af81d72bf (diff) |
Add a manual page for iwm(4).
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwm.4 | 143 |
2 files changed, 146 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 66169494b80..e0027797574 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.590 2015/02/05 09:40:33 phessler Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.591 2015/02/06 20:19:26 stsp Exp $ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 \ acpi.4 acpiac.4 acpiasus.4 acpibat.4 acpibtn.4 acpicpu.4 acpidock.4 \ @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 \ ichiic.4 ichwdt.4 icmp.4 icmp6.4 icsphy.4 ifmedia.4 \ iha.4 iic.4 inet.4 inet6.4 inphy.4 iophy.4 \ ip.4 ip6.4 ipcomp.4 ipgphy.4 ipmi.4 ips.4 ipsec.4 ipw.4 \ - isa.4 isagpio.4 isapnp.4 isp.4 it.4 itherm.4 iwi.4 iwn.4 ix.4 ixgb.4 \ - jmb.4 jme.4 jmphy.4 \ + isa.4 isagpio.4 isapnp.4 isp.4 it.4 itherm.4 iwi.4 iwn.4 iwm.4 \ + ix.4 ixgb.4 jmb.4 jme.4 jmphy.4 \ kate.4 km.4 ksyms.4 kue.4 lc.4 lge.4 lii.4 lisa.4 lm.4 \ lmc.4 lmenv.4 lmn.4 lmtemp.4 lo.4 lpt.4 lxtphy.4 luphy.4 \ maestro.4 mainbus.4 malo.4 maxds.4 maxtmp.4 mbg.4 midi.4 mii.4 mfi.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwm.4 b/share/man/man4/iwm.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a8abce439de --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/iwm.4 @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwm.4,v 1.1 2015/02/06 20:19:26 stsp Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007,2008 +.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 6 2015 $ +.Dt IWM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm iwm +.Nd Intel 7200 IEEE 802.11a/ac/g/n wireless network devices +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "iwn* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for +.Tn Intel +Wireless 7260 PCIe Mini Card network adapters. +.Pp +These are the modes the +.Nm +driver can operate in: +.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" +.It BSS mode +Also known as +.Em infrastructure +mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through +which all traffic passes. +.\" This mode is the default. +.\" .It monitor mode +.\" In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +.\" associating with an access point. +.\" This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +.\" capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +.\" or to scan for access points. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured to use +.\" Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or +Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK). +WPA is the current encryption standard for wireless networks. +.\" It is strongly recommended that WEP +.\" not be used as the sole mechanism +.\" to secure wireless communication, +.\" due to serious weaknesses in it. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or on boot with +.Xr hostname.if 5 . +.Sh FILES +The driver needs at least version 5.6 of 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/iwm-3160-9 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwm-7260-9 +.\".It Pa /etc/firmware/iwm-7265-9 +.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 +users have to download these files on their own. +.Pp +A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using +.Xr fw_update 1 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig iwm0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures iwm0 to join network +.Dq mynwid , +using WPA key +.Dq mywpakey , +obtaining an IP address using DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +nwid mynwid +wpakey mywpakey +dhcp +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.\" .It "iwm0: device timeout" +.\" A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. +.\" The driver will reset the hardware. +.\" This should not happen. +.\" .It "iwm0: fatal firmware error" +.\" For some reason, the firmware crashed. +.\" The driver will reset the hardware. +.\" This should not happen. +.\" .It "iwm0: radio is disabled by hardware switch" +.\" The radio transmitter is off and thus no packet can go out. +.\" The driver will reset the hardware. +.\" Make sure the laptop radio switch is on. +.It "iwm0: could not read firmware ..." +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from the +filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.\" .It "iwm0: firmware file too short: N bytes" +.\" The firmware image is corrupted and can't be loaded into the adapter. +.\" .It "iwm0: could not load firmware" +.\" An attempt to load the firmware into the adapter failed. +.\" The driver will reset the hardware. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver does not support any of the 802.11n and 802.11ac capabilities offered by +the adapters. +Additional work is required in +.Xr ieee80211 9 +before those features can be supported. |