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diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4 index 5358ef04f93..0a4271b0d90 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4,v 1.15 2001/08/19 20:55:02 miod Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4,v 1.16 2001/10/05 14:45:53 mpech Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. @@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ The compatible cards supported are: .Pp Note that while Lucent sells PCI, ISA and PCMCIA WaveLAN/IEEE devices, the PCI and ISA products are actually a PCMCIA card in a -PCMCIA bridge adapter. Consequently, the +PCMCIA bridge adapter. +Consequently, the .Nm -driver is required for PCI, ISA and PCMCIA NICs. The original -WaveLAN/IEEE cards (2Mbps), the WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (6Mbps), the +driver is required for PCI, ISA and PCMCIA NICs. +The original WaveLAN/IEEE cards (2Mbps), the WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (6Mbps), the WaveLAN/IEEE Bronze Turbo (8Mbps), and the WaveLAN/IEEE Silver/Gold (11Mbps) adapters are supported. .Pp @@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ Also note that some of the PRISM-II adapters only work at 3.3V, hence support is required for those cards to set VCC correctly, even though they are really 16bit cards. .Pp -The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller. All -host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes. +The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller. +All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes. The Hermes supports 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, WDS and ad-hoc operation modes. .Pp |